Open Source Alternatives to libmagic

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What is libmagic?

libmagic is a library for file type identification that determines the MIME type of files by examining their contents and comparing against magic number patterns.. There is currently 1 open-source alternative to libmagic, with a combined total of 2.0k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is Go.

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mimetypegabriel-vasile/mimetype

A Go package for detecting MIME types and file extensions based on magic numbers, prioritizing common formats and supporting extension.

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4 days ago

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