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★ 770
Forks
⑂ 123
Language
Python
Topic
Backend
License
MIT
Updated
1.3y ago
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h2non/filetype.py is tracked by TopGit as a backend project, with 770 stars on GitHub, written primarily in Python. Small, dependency-free, fast Python package to infer binary file types checking the magic numbers signature

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Forks⑂ 123
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LicenseMIT
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The most recent commit recorded on h2non/filetype.py was 1.3 years ago, based on the GitHub push timestamp. The repository has 123 forks — one of the better signals of community interest.

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h2non/filetype.py is tracked by TopGit under the Backend category, alongside 7 GitHub-tagged topics. Trending and Topics pages list peer repositories of comparable stars and language.

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GitHub's repository topics for h2non/filetype.py: "extension", "filetype", "inference", "magic-numbers", "mime", "python", "type". TopGit's editorial category is Backend.

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