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mimetics

Identifies file types based on magic bytes, patterns, and other unique file attributes.

v1.0.5, 7 Aug 2025MITCommonJSTypes: Bundled
$ npm install mimetics

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
16.1k
+199% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
1
Direct, from package.json
Last release
1 year ago
v1.0.5
GitHub stars
10
5 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
05k10k15k20kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 19.7k (28 Jul 2026)Low 3.2k (21 Oct 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

16,080 downloads last week, 60,526 in the last month. The 12-month change of +199% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
-
Latest version
1.0.5, 7 Aug 20251 year ago
First published
-
Last push to GitHub
7 Aug 2025413 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
0
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
5

Major versions

-

Recent releases

-

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
35 kB
Dependencies (1)
jszip
npm install mimetics
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mimetics@1.0.5/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/mimetics@1.0.5/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/mimetics@1.0.5
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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