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file-type is a package for detecting the file type of files, streams, or data by checking their magic numbers. It is useful for applications that need to validate or process binary file formats. This package is specifically designed for binary formats, not text-based formats.
- lurq health score
- 76/100
- Confidence
- proven
- Weekly downloads
- 57,862,190
- Latest version
- 22.0.2
- Last release
- Aug 15, 2026
- License
- MIT
Should you depend on file-type?
lurq's verdict: low
- No known advisories
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Upgrading file-type
What each major version removed, renamed or re-signatured, from lurq's extraction of the published packages.
- 21.3.4 → 22.0.2diff ready
- 20.5.0 → 21.3.4diff ready
- 19.6.0 → 20.5.0diff ready
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