.3ds

1 claimant 1 primary 0 secondary unambiguous primary

SWH popularity

From the SWH-MSR-ARV dataset (Desmazières, Di Cosmo, Lorentz, MSR 2025; file nb_extensions_alphanum.csv) — one row per (ext, year) in the full SWH archive. Case-aggregated. citation.

146.9K
total occurrences
83.8K
since 2019 (57.0%)
1970–2023
years active

Case variants in archive: .3ds (119.6K), .3DS (27.3K), .3Ds (2) — aggregated above.

Attribution status

This extension is attributed to 3ds as primary by 1 authoritative claim.

Authoritative sources: ✗ Linguist · no claim ✗ Pygments · no claim ✓ Wikidata · Q4545331 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim

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Claimants (1)

Languages that list .3ds among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.
LanguageSourceStrength
3dswikidataprimary

Wikidata says… (2)

File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL entities that claim .3ds on Wikidata (property P1195) or in the Wikipedia infobox. Source: data/derived/external_extension_index.csv. Click Use as new PL on any row to open the Add-PL form pre-filled with that entry's name, Wikipedia/Wikidata URL, and this extension — one submission creates the PL + claim.
Right entry isn't listed? Add manually ↗
FormatClass (Wikidata P31)Suggested labelMIMENotesAction
.3ds Q4545331
file format used by the Autodesk 3ds Max
file formatapplication/x-3ds; image/x-3dsUse as new PL ↗
Citrus Card Image Q136555964
file format for Nintendo 3DS Game Card ROM image dump
file format; ROM imagebinary:otherUse as new PL ↗

SWH-mined examples (0)

No archived examples for .3ds in our local mirror yet.

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