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sindresorhus/file-type
Detect the file type of a file, stream, or data
- Stars
- 4.3K
- Forks
- 399
- Language
- JavaScript
- Last push
- 37d ago
- Last release
- 37d ago
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Package · npm
file-type
npm · v22.1.1 · MIT
Detect the file type of a file, stream, or data
Tentative categories were assigned with moderate confidence (0.5 to 0.75): they are shown, but they do not count toward a category’s momentum. How categories work
Install
npm install file-typeAdoption
- Downloads (30 days)
- 236.9M
- Observeddownloads / 30 days
- Popularity
- Top 10% on npm
- Derived96th percentile within npm
- Dependents
- Collectinghistory
- Collecting
- Maintenance
- 0.90
- DerivedRelease cadence and recency, 0 to 1
- Releases per year
- 14
- 172 versions over its life
Growth by period
Derived by Crest of Tech from two observations of npm’s own figure, a period apart. Nothing is stored or estimated: without an observation near the period’s start, the period is still collecting.
- 7 days
- +4.8% · 7d
- Derived+10.9M downloads / 30 days, SEP 28 → OCT 5
- 30 days
- +6.1% · 30d
- Derived+13.6M downloads / 30 days, SEP 5 → OCT 5
- 90 days
- +16.1% · 90d
- Derived+32.9M downloads / 30 days, JUL 6 → OCT 5
- 1 year
- +93.2% · 1y
- Derived+114.3M downloads / 30 days, NOV 3 → OCT 5
Adoption history
Adoption historydownloads / 30 days · 74 observations
Table of observations (74)
| Day | downloads / 30 days | Dependents |
|---|---|---|
| OCT 5, 2026 | 236,881,932 | Not observed |
| OCT 4, 2026 | 236,881,932 | Not observed |
| OCT 3, 2026 | 241,717,237 | Not observed |
| OCT 2, 2026 | 236,592,883 | Not observed |
| OCT 1, 2026 | 237,587,307 | Not observed |
| SEP 30, 2026 | 236,111,579 | Not observed |
| SEP 29, 2026 | 233,799,213 | Not observed |
| SEP 28, 2026 | 225,957,757 | Not observed |
| SEP 27, 2026 | 218,643,628 | Not observed |
| SEP 26, 2026 | 222,843,816 | Not observed |
| SEP 25, 2026 | 228,239,914 | Not observed |
| SEP 24, 2026 | 228,210,141 | Not observed |
| SEP 23, 2026 | 227,344,657 | Not observed |
| SEP 22, 2026 | 225,342,172 | Not observed |
| SEP 21, 2026 | 218,156,397 | Not observed |
| SEP 20, 2026 | 211,574,211 | Not observed |
| SEP 19, 2026 | 214,768,461 | Not observed |
| SEP 18, 2026 | 219,730,232 | Not observed |
| SEP 17, 2026 | 219,998,630 | Not observed |
| SEP 16, 2026 | 219,477,529 | Not observed |
| SEP 15, 2026 | 217,041,934 | Not observed |
| SEP 14, 2026 | 221,045,539 | Not observed |
| SEP 13, 2026 | 214,086,258 | Not observed |
| SEP 12, 2026 | 209,502,685 | Not observed |
| SEP 11, 2026 | 214,625,553 | Not observed |
| SEP 10, 2026 | 214,543,516 | Not observed |
| SEP 9, 2026 | 213,133,362 | Not observed |
| SEP 8, 2026 | 211,328,507 | Not observed |
| SEP 7, 2026 | 215,329,682 | Not observed |
| SEP 6, 2026 | 219,242,126 | Not observed |
| SEP 5, 2026 | 223,234,424 | Not observed |
| SEP 4, 2026 | 226,618,805 | Not observed |
| SEP 3, 2026 | 226,329,634 | Not observed |
| SEP 2, 2026 | 236,088,044 | Not observed |
| SEP 1, 2026 | 233,658,236 | Not observed |
| AUG 31, 2026 | 226,419,029 | Not observed |
| AUG 30, 2026 | 220,171,602 | Not observed |
| AUG 29, 2026 | 223,940,404 | Not observed |
| AUG 28, 2026 | 229,177,634 | Not observed |
| AUG 27, 2026 | 229,506,100 | Not observed |
| AUG 26, 2026 | 228,962,231 | Not observed |
| AUG 25, 2026 | 228,091,285 | Not observed |
| AUG 24, 2026 | 221,287,541 | Not observed |
| AUG 23, 2026 | 215,250,846 | Not observed |
| AUG 22, 2026 | 219,366,056 | Not observed |
| AUG 21, 2026 | 224,589,544 | Not observed |
| AUG 20, 2026 | 225,745,900 | Not observed |
| AUG 19, 2026 | 225,549,710 | Not observed |
| AUG 18, 2026 | 224,112,387 | Not observed |
| AUG 17, 2026 | 217,652,440 | Not observed |
| AUG 16, 2026 | 212,910,312 | Not observed |
| AUG 15, 2026 | 217,123,554 | Not observed |
| AUG 14, 2026 | 222,291,897 | Not observed |
| AUG 13, 2026 | 231,205,074 | Not observed |
| AUG 12, 2026 | 230,892,181 | Not observed |
| AUG 11, 2026 | 230,193,391 | Not observed |
| AUG 10, 2026 | 220,487,273 | Not observed |
| AUG 9, 2026 | 214,626,053 | Not observed |
| AUG 8, 2026 | 218,670,097 | Not observed |
| AUG 7, 2026 | 223,636,901 | Not observed |
| AUG 6, 2026 | 224,042,025 | Not observed |
| AUG 5, 2026 | 225,305,805 | Not observed |
| AUG 4, 2026 | 224,333,602 | Not observed |
| AUG 3, 2026 | 217,951,623 | Not observed |
| AUG 2, 2026 | 212,217,400 | Not observed |
| AUG 1, 2026 | 215,318,405 | Not observed |
| JUL 31, 2026 | 220,448,331 | Not observed |
| JUL 30, 2026 | 220,690,196 | Not observed |
| JUL 29, 2026 | 220,126,726 | Not observed |
| JUL 28, 2026 | 219,505,336 | Not observed |
| JUL 27, 2026 | 213,274,115 | Not observed |
| JUL 26, 2026 | 207,413,043 | Not observed |
| JUL 20, 2026 | 203,227,325 | Not observed |
| JUL 13, 2026 | 202,474,004 | Not observed |
Facts from the registry
- Latest version
- v22.1.1
- 172 versions
- First published
- APR 24, 2014
- Last release
- SEP 17, 2026
- 37d ago
- Licence
- MIT
Repository
Dependencies latest version · v22.1.1
Runtime 4
- @tokenizer/inflate
^0.4.1 - strtok3
^10.3.5 - token-types
^6.1.2 - uint8array-extras
^1.5.0
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