.bib
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.
2.0M
total occurrences
484.8K
since 2019 (24.5%)
1970–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .bib (2.0M), .BIB (190), .Bib (9), .bIb (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to bibtex; bibtex; bibtex as primary by 3 authoritative claims.
Claimants (3)
Languages that list
.bib among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| bibtex | linguist | primary |
| bibtex | pygments | primary |
| bibtex | wikidata | primary |
Wikidata says… (2)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.bib 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.
| Format | Class (Wikidata P31) | Suggested label | MIME | Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BibTeX Q105859274 file format for bibliography items used by the BibTeX software | file format; bibliographic data format | — | application/x-bibtex; text/x-bibtex | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Platinen Layout Programm Bibliotheken/library Q105859152 file format | file format | — | application/octet-stream | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .bib in our local mirror yet.