Package · Go Modules

github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype

Go Modules · v1.4.16 · MIT

Package mimetype uses magic number signatures to detect the MIME type of a file.

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Install

go get github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype

Adoption

Imported by (most-imported package, pkg.go.dev)
1.4K
Observedimporting packages
Popularity
Top 25% on Go
Derived81st percentile within Go Modules
Imported by (most-imported package)
1.4K
Observedpackages importing it, per pkg.go.dev
Maintenance
0.69
DerivedRelease cadence and recency, 0 to 1
Releases per year
8.3
64 versions over its life

Growth by period

Derived by Crest of Tech from two observations of Go Modules’s own figure, a period apart. Nothing is stored or estimated: without an observation near the period’s start, the period is still collecting.

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Adoption history

Adoption historyimporting packages

Observations in this range began OCT 6, 2026. The chart appears after 7 observations; 2 so far. Collecting history.

Table of observations (2)
Dayimporting packagesDependents
OCT 24, 20261,4491,449
OCT 6, 20261,4491,449

Facts from the registry

Latest version
v1.4.16
64 versions
First published
JAN 30, 2019
Last release
OCT 17, 2026
7d ago
Licence
MIT

Repository

In the Crest catalog

gabriel-vasile/mimetype

A Go package for media type and file extension detection, based on magic numbers

Stars
2K
Forks
202
Language
Go
Last push
25d ago
Last release
3mo ago

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Dependencies latest version · v1.4.16

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