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29 open-source projects similar to file/file, ranked by shared indexed features. Tags may describe platforms or build tools rather than the same primary purpose. Check each project’s use case, license, and deployment requirements before treating it as a replacement.

  • sindresorhus/file-typesindresorhus avatar

    sindresorhus/file-type

    4,297View on GitHub↗

    file-type is a binary file type detector that identifies file extensions and MIME types by analyzing magic numbers and signature bytes in binary data. It functions as a magic number parser and MIME type resolver, mapping binary signatures to standardized media type strings. The project is an extensible file format identifier that allows for the addition of custom detector plugins to recognize uncommon or non-binary file formats. The engine supports binary format identification across various data sources, including buffers and data streams. It utilizes a supported format registry and provide

    JavaScript
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  • ahupp/python-magicahupp avatar

    ahupp/python-magic

    2,886View on GitHub↗

    python-magic is a C-binding wrapper that provides a Python interface for the libmagic system library. It functions as a file signature analyzer and MIME type detector, identifying file formats by comparing header bytes against a database of known binary signatures. The library enables the identification of file types from both file paths and raw data buffers. It supports custom file signature matching through the injection of user-provided magic databases, allowing for the detection of specialized or proprietary formats. The project covers binary data analysis and MIME type mapping to transl

    Python
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  • actions/toolkitactions avatar

    actions/toolkit

    5,772View on GitHub↗

    The GitHub ToolKit for developing GitHub Actions.

    TypeScript
    View on GitHub↗5,772
  • apache/tikaapache avatar

    apache/tika

    3,572View on GitHub↗

    Tika is a content analysis toolkit and Java library designed for detecting and extracting metadata and text from thousands of different file types. It functions as a universal document text extractor and metadata extraction engine, converting complex files into plain text or XHTML. The system employs a specialized MIME type detector that identifies document formats using magic bytes and metadata to determine the correct parser. It serves as an OCR integration gateway, connecting to external text recognition tools to extract content from image files. The project covers a broad range of extrac

    Javacontentextractionjava
    View on GitHub↗3,572

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  • devttys0/binwalkdevttys0 avatar

    devttys0/binwalk

    14,048View on GitHub↗

    Binwalk is a firmware analysis tool and binary data carver used to identify and extract embedded files and data segments from binary images. It functions as an embedded file extractor and data entropy analyzer to retrieve fragments from binary blobs when original file system structures are missing. The tool employs signature-based pattern matching and linear byte-stream scanning to detect known byte sequences and isolate hidden files. It uses sliding-window entropy analysis to locate regions of a file that are compressed or encrypted. The system supports recursive file carving, utilizing heu

    Rust
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  • gitattributes/gitattributesgitattributes avatar

    gitattributes/gitattributes

    3,814View on GitHub↗

    This project is a library of standardized specifications and templates for managing version control attributes, line ending normalization, and language-aware diff strategies. It provides a framework for defining how a version control system treats specific file extensions to ensure cross-platform consistency and prevent file corruption. The project distinguishes itself by offering a comprehensive configuration library for managing binary files, diff drivers, and repository metadata. It includes specialized diff strategy management and a repository metadata standard that maps custom file exten

    Git Attributesgitgitattributesgitattributes-templates
    View on GitHub↗3,814
  • horsicq/detect-it-easyhorsicq avatar

    horsicq/Detect-It-Easy

    10,266View on GitHub↗

    Detect-It-Easy is a binary file identifier and analysis toolkit designed to determine file formats, compilers, and packers. It functions as a binary file identifier that utilizes signature matching and heuristic analysis to identify executable and archive formats. The project includes a custom file signature engine and a scriptable rule system for defining and applying detection logic to identify specific binary patterns. It features specialized detectors for Android packages, such as APK and DEX files, and a malware packer detector to identify protections, obfuscators, and virus families. T

    JavaScriptbinary-analysisdebuggerdetect
    View on GitHub↗10,266
  • isaacs/rimrafisaacs avatar

    isaacs/rimraf

    5,846View on GitHub↗

    rimraf is a Node.js recursive file deletion tool and cross-platform filesystem utility. It provides both a programmatic library and a command-line interface for removing files and directories and all of their contained contents across different operating systems. The utility supports glob-based file deletion, allowing the removal of items that match specific wildcard patterns rather than just literal paths. It also includes the ability to abort deletion processes mid-execution and apply custom predicate-based filtering to exclude specific files or folders. The project covers broad filesystem

    TypeScript
    View on GitHub↗5,846
  • nalgeon/sqleannalgeon avatar

    nalgeon/sqlean

    4,344View on GitHub↗

    sqlean is a collection of SQLite extension libraries implemented as C-based shared libraries. It provides a suite of additional scalar and table-valued functions that expand the native capabilities of the SQLite database engine. The project provides specialized toolsets for cryptography, advanced mathematics, networking, and filesystem access. These include binary hashing and encoding, statistical analysis, IP address validation, and the ability to map CSV files or filesystem paths as virtual tables. The library also includes comprehensive text processing tools such as regular expressions, f

    C
    View on GitHub↗4,344
  • phiresky/ripgrep-allphiresky avatar

    phiresky/ripgrep-all

    9,695View on GitHub↗

    ripgrep-all is a command-line utility that extends ripgrep to perform regular expression searches across binary files, compressed archives, and media formats. It functions as a universal text extractor that converts non-plain-text formats, such as PDFs, E-books, and Office documents, into searchable text. The tool uses a system of adapters to transform binary data into plain text and utilizes a local database to cache these extracted versions, accelerating repeated search operations. It identifies file types by analyzing header magic bytes rather than relying on file extensions. The project

    Rust
    View on GitHub↗9,695
  • refirmlabs/binwalkReFirmLabs avatar

    ReFirmLabs/binwalk

    14,045View on GitHub↗

    Binwalk is a firmware analysis and reverse engineering tool designed to identify, extract, and analyze embedded files and data types within binary firmware blobs. It functions as a binary file signature scanner and entropy analyzer to decompose firmware images into their constituent components. The tool distinguishes itself by combining signature-based pattern matching for known binary headers with entropy analysis. By calculating data randomness across file offsets, it can locate compressed or encrypted sections that do not possess known signatures. The project covers binary data forensics

    Rust
    View on GitHub↗14,045
  • winscp/winscpwinscp avatar

    winscp/winscp

    3,675View on GitHub↗

    WinSCP is a remote file manager and SFTP and FTP client that provides a graphical interface for browsing, editing, and organizing files on remote servers and cloud storage. It serves as a multi-protocol tool supporting SFTP, FTP, FTPS, SCP, S3, and WebDAV, and functions as an S3 object storage browser for managing files and buckets. The application distinguishes itself through its automation capabilities, allowing for scripted file transfers and remote command execution via a command-line interface or a .NET assembly. It also features directory synchronization to match local and remote folder

    Cftpftp-clientftps
    View on GitHub↗3,675
  • icsharpcode/sharpziplibicsharpcode avatar

    icsharpcode/SharpZipLib

    3,913View on GitHub↗

    SharpZipLib is a .NET compression library and file archiver used to create, extract, and manage Zip, GZip, Tar, and BZip2 archives. It provides a framework for compressing and decompressing data streams and files within the .NET ecosystem. The library distinguishes itself through support for archives that exceed the standard four gigabyte size limit. It also includes capabilities for decrypting password-protected files using industry-standard encryption and managing Tar archives with long filename support. The project covers a broad range of archive management operations, including integrity

    C#
    View on GitHub↗3,913
  • jwiegley/use-packagejwiegley avatar

    jwiegley/use-package

    4,465View on GitHub↗

    This project is a declarative framework and domain-specific language for managing Emacs Lisp packages. It functions as a startup performance optimizer by grouping package installation, variable settings, and keybindings into single blocks to reduce initial boot time. The system distinguishes itself through a deferred loading framework that delays package execution until specific keys, hooks, or modes are triggered. It uses a macro-based declaration syntax to organize configuration and automate the generation of autoloads, ensuring packages are only loaded when they are actually required. The

    Emacs Lispautoloaddeferred-loadingemacs
    View on GitHub↗4,465
  • me115/linuxtools_rstme115 avatar

    me115/linuxtools_rst

    6,012View on GitHub↗

    Linux工具快速教程

    HTML
    View on GitHub↗6,012
  • mrjbq7/ta-libmrjbq7 avatar

    mrjbq7/ta-lib

    12,043View on GitHub↗

    This project is a Python wrapper for the TA-Lib C library, serving as a financial technical analysis library and quantitative trading tool. It provides a collection of mathematical functions designed to analyze market price movements, identify trading signals, and recognize candlestick patterns within financial data. The library focuses on the computation of trend, momentum, and volume metrics. It includes specialized tools for candlestick pattern recognition to detect recurring price action shapes in both historical and real-time data. The system integrates with NumPy arrays to process cont

    Cython
    View on GitHub↗12,043
  • alexeyab/darknetAlexeyAB avatar

    AlexeyAB/darknet

    22,159View on GitHub↗

    Darknet is a high-performance C-based inference engine and computer vision library designed for real-time object identification and localization. It serves as a neural network framework for training and deploying detection models using the YOLO architecture, providing a toolset for deep learning training and deployment. The project differentiates itself through a C and CUDA implementation that enables hardware acceleration for matrix multiplication and inference speed optimization. It provides a shared library interface for embedding detection capabilities into external applications and suppo

    C
    View on GitHub↗22,159
  • avast/retdecavast avatar

    avast/retdec

    8,556View on GitHub↗

    RetDec is a reverse engineering framework and static binary analysis tool. Its primary purpose is to function as an LLVM-based machine code decompiler that translates binary machine code from multiple architectures into high-level C source code. The system employs a multi-stage lifting pipeline to recover program logic, using an intermediate representation to apply optimizations before emitting source code. It distinguishes itself through the ability to identify compilers and packers, perform executable unpacking, and reconstruct class hierarchies and original program structures. The framewo

    C++
    View on GitHub↗8,556
  • cisco-talos/clamavCisco-Talos avatar

    Cisco-Talos/clamav

    6,869View on GitHub↗

    ClamAV - Documentation is here: https://docs.clamav.net

    Cantivirusclamavgplv2
    View on GitHub↗6,869
  • pieroxy/lz-stringpieroxy avatar

    pieroxy/lz-string

    4,416View on GitHub↗

    lz-string is a JavaScript library and command-line tool for compressing and decompressing string data using Lempel-Ziv algorithms. It provides utilities to reduce the size of strings and files to optimize storage and network bandwidth. The project includes specialized encoders to ensure compressed data is compatible with different transport layers. These include options for Base64 encoding, UTF-16 string mapping for increased storage density, and URI-safe translation for use in web addresses. The library supports client-side data compression for local storage optimization and provides a comm

    TypeScript
    View on GitHub↗4,416
  • cisco-talos/clamav-develCisco-Talos avatar

    Cisco-Talos/clamav-devel

    6,887View on GitHub↗

    ClamAV is an open-source antivirus engine and malware detection scanner. It identifies trojans, viruses, and other malicious software by scanning files and data streams against a database of known signatures. The system functions as a signature-based threat detector, allowing for the implementation of threat intelligence by turning malware samples into actionable signatures. It supports the creation of custom malware signatures to identify specific or specialized security threats. The engine provides capabilities for endpoint security monitoring and comprehensive malware detection scanning a

    C
    View on GitHub↗6,887
  • laochiangx/common.utilitylaochiangx avatar

    laochiangx/Common.Utility

    5,304View on GitHub↗

    Common.Utility is a general purpose utility library providing a collection of helper classes for common programming tasks. It functions as a data security framework, a database access wrapper, and a suite of tools for system administration and network communication. The library includes a multimedia processing suite for generating barcodes and QR codes, editing images, and converting video formats. It also provides a network communication toolkit for managing HTTP requests and FTP transfers, as well as integration with email and notification services. The project covers a broad set of capabi

    C#chmcommoncookiehelper
    View on GitHub↗5,304
  • ldqk/masuit.toolsldqk avatar

    ldqk/Masuit.Tools

    6,182View on GitHub↗

    Masuit.Tools is a comprehensive static utility library for .NET and ASP.NET Core development. It provides a broad collection of reusable helper methods and infrastructure components that cover common programming tasks without requiring dependency injection or instance management. The library is organized as flat utility classes, making its functionality directly accessible from anywhere in a project. The toolkit distinguishes itself through a wide range of integrated capabilities that go beyond typical utility libraries. It includes a multithreaded range-request file downloader with pause and

    C#datetimeencryptionexcel
    View on GitHub↗6,182
  • asterinas/asterinasasterinas avatar

    asterinas/asterinas

    4,678View on GitHub↗

    Asterinas is a memory-safe operating system kernel designed to prevent data races and memory corruption. It functions as a Linux-ABI compatible kernel, enabling the execution of existing Linux binaries and container workloads while providing a declarative operating system distribution model. The project distinguishes itself by acting as a virtual machine container host and a confidential computing guest OS, allowing it to run within hardware-isolated Trusted Execution Environments such as Intel TDX. It implements a minimal trusted computing base by isolating unsafe low-level operations and se

    Rustkernelosrust
    View on GitHub↗4,678
  • cjo4m06/mcp-shrimp-task-managercjo4m06 avatar

    cjo4m06/mcp-shrimp-task-manager

    2,121View on GitHub↗

    This project is a framework for managing multi-agent software development workflows built on the Model Context Protocol. It functions as an AI-driven task orchestrator that decomposes complex development objectives into atomic units, tracks their lifecycle, and coordinates specialized agents to execute, verify, and refine work. By maintaining persistent project context and history, the system ensures continuity across sessions, allowing agents to retain state and adhere to established coding standards. The system distinguishes itself through its dependency-graph task management and multi-agen

    JavaScriptagentaicodeagent
    View on GitHub↗2,121
  • shengqiangzhang/examples-of-web-crawlersshengqiangzhang avatar

    shengqiangzhang/examples-of-web-crawlers

    14,651View on GitHub↗

    This project is a collection of Python scripts and tools designed for web scraping, browser automation, and large-scale data extraction. It provides a set of implementations for retrieving information from websites and private APIs, including tools for multimedia downloading and social media data archiving. The toolset includes specialized mechanisms for bypassing anti-scraping measures through IP proxy pool rotation and multi-threaded crawlers. It also features capabilities for simulating browser sessions to handle authentication, intercepting session cookies, and decrypting network payloads

    HTMLagent-poolcrawlerexample
    View on GitHub↗14,651
  • kreuzberg-dev/kreuzbergkreuzberg-dev avatar

    kreuzberg-dev/kreuzberg

    8,527View on GitHub↗

    Kreuzberg is a document extraction engine that converts PDFs, Office files, images, and over 90 other formats into clean, structured text and metadata. It is built around a compiled Rust core that can be used as a native library, a command-line tool, a REST API server, or a WebAssembly module for browser-based processing. The system is designed to run entirely on self-hosted infrastructure, with no data leaving the user's environment. What distinguishes Kreuzberg is its breadth of integration surfaces and its pipeline architecture. It exposes extraction capabilities through native bindings fo

    Rustdocument-intelligenceelixirffi
    View on GitHub↗8,527
  • wireshark/wiresharkwireshark avatar

    wireshark/wireshark

    9,477View on GitHub↗

    Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer and traffic inspector used for capturing and inspecting network traffic. It functions as a packet capture tool that intercepts live data from network interfaces and a TCP/IP dissector that decodes network protocol layers to translate raw binary packets into human-readable fields. The system provides capabilities for protocol stream reconstruction, grouping related packets into cohesive conversations between endpoints. It also operates as a packet file converter, allowing for the reading, modification, and conversion of network capture files across vari

    Cpacket-capturestratosharktshark
    View on GitHub↗9,477
  • crazyguitar/pysheeetcrazyguitar avatar

    crazyguitar/pysheeet

    8,150View on GitHub↗

    pysheeet is a technical reference library providing a curated collection of code snippets and implementation patterns for advanced Python development, system integration, and high-performance computing. It serves as a comprehensive guide for implementing low-level network programming, native C extensions, and asynchronous and concurrent programming. The project provides specialized frameworks for the development and deployment of large language models, including tools for distributed GPU inference and high-performance serving. It also includes detailed patterns for high-performance computing

    Python
    View on GitHub↗8,150