File-Type Files

Detect the file type of a file, stream, or data

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Name	Modified	Size	InfoDownloads / Week
Parent folder
README.md	2025-11-10	329 Bytes	0
v21.1.0 source code.tar.gz	2025-11-10	68.7 MB	0
v21.1.0 source code.zip	2025-11-10	68.7 MB	0
Totals: 3 Items		137.4 MB	0

Add support for .tar.gz (gunzipped tarball file) (#763) eda03a7
Add support for Windows registry (.reg) files 0db61ec 7d2ddcf
Add support for Windows registry hive file (.dat) (#767) f8d62be
Fix: Handle partial unzip (#773) 7ad3a90

https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type/compare/v21.0.0...v21.1.0

Source: README.md, updated 2025-11-10

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File-Type Files

Detect the file type of a file, stream, or data

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