identify
File identification library for Python
2.6.19
186M downloads/mo
#222 most downloaded on PyPI
pre-commit/identify
What this package is like to depend on
Last release 4 months ago
17 Apr 2026
Ships fairly regularly
a new release about every 5 weeks
This project publishes no release notes
the list below is its commits, not an announcement
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
10 years old
185 releases · first in 2017
6 releases in the last 12 months
see the full history below
Release timeline
184 releases · Feb 2017 to Apr 2026Releases
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2.6.1917 Apr 2026Commits, not release notes
This project publishes no release notes. Between
v2.6.18andv2.6.19there were 7 commits, 1 of them substantive:- Add support for 'tif' file extension
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2.6.1815 Mar 2026Commits, not release notes
This project publishes no release notes. Between
v2.6.17andv2.6.18there were 3 commits, 1 of them substantive:- Configure pyproject.toml to have custom 'pyproject' file type
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2.6.1701 Mar 2026Commits, not release notes
This project publishes no release notes. Between
v2.6.16andv2.6.17there were 29 commits, 14 of them substantive:- Add support for 'pyw' file extension
- Add support for xcodebuild file formats
- Add support for Brewfile
- Add support for Fastfile
- Add support for uv.lock
- Add support for *.xaml
- Add support for *.entitlements
- Add support for *.cmd
- Add support for *.diff
- Add jbuilder extension as ruby text files
- Add support for HLSL
- Add 'escript' file type for Erlang
- Add support for 'slnx' file extension
- Add support for sconstruct and sconscript extensions
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2.6.1612 Jan 2026Commits, not release notes
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v2.6.15andv2.6.16there were 19 commits, 3 of them substantive:- py310+
- Add .ipxe extension
- Add support for '.xliff' file extension
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2.6.1502 Oct 2025Commits, not release notes
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v2.6.14andv2.6.15there were 9 commits, 2 of them substantive:- fix: make PKGBUILD files a superset of .bash
- Add .piskel extension
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2.6.1406 Sep 2025Commits, not release notes
This project publishes no release notes. Between
v2.6.13andv2.6.14there were 7 commits, 2 of them substantive:- fix: add robot filetype
- Add support for
meson.options
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2.6.1309 Aug 2025Commits, not release notes
This project publishes no release notes. Between
v2.6.12andv2.6.13there were 13 commits, 1 of them substantive:- Added C++ 'ipp' and 'tpp' file extensions
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2.6.1223 May 2025Commits, not release notes
This project publishes no release notes. Between
v2.6.11andv2.6.12there were 4 commits, 2 of them substantive:- Identify common MSBuild files
- Drop ambiguous .proj extension
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2.6.1123 May 2025Commits, not release notes
This project publishes no release notes. Between
v2.6.10andv2.6.11there were 5 commits, 2 of them substantive:- Add support for
.sqlfluff - Identify XSLT files
- Add support for
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2.6.1019 Apr 2025Nothing published for this version
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2.4.909 Feb 2022Nothing published for this version