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sindresorhus/file-type

JavaScriptMITactive
89Health

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

Stars4.3k
Forks398
Open Issues2
Contributors398
Last Push0d ago

Health Breakdown

Activity
25
Community
25
Maintenance
14
Popularity
25
#buffer#detect#file#file-types#javascript#magic#magic-numbers#nodejs#uint8array
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Should you contribute to sindresorhus/file-type?

sindresorhus/file-type has a FoundDev health score of 89/100, which puts it in the active-and-maintained tier. The maintainer team is shipping recently, issues are being closed, and a PR you open this week has a realistic chance of being reviewed.

Last push was 0 days ago — that signals an actively maintained project. New issues are likely to get a maintainer response within days. The project is written primarily in JavaScript, so prior JavaScript experience will shorten ramp-up.

Licensed under MIT, a standard OSI-approved license — safe to contribute to under normal employer IP policies.

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