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	2026-03-13	203 Bytes	0
v21.3.2 source code.tar.gz	2026-03-13	68.7 MB	0
v21.3.2 source code.zip	2026-03-13	68.7 MB	0
Totals: 3 Items		137.4 MB	0

Fix ZIP bomb in known-size ZIP probing (GHSA-j47w-4g3g-c36v) a155cd7
Fix bound recursive BOM and ID3 detection 370ed91

https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type/compare/v21.3.1...v21.3.2

Source: README.md, updated 2026-03-13

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File-Type Files

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

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