.bin
1 claimant
0 primary
1 secondary
secondary-only
SWH popularity
Distinct files in the full Software Heritage archive (2026-06-04 export), dated by first appearance, following Desmazières, Di Cosmo, Lorentz (MSR 2025). Case-aggregated. citation.
66.1M
total files
37.2M
first seen 2021–2025 (56.2%)
2021
median year (half its files since)
Case variants in archive: .bin (66.0M), .BIN (128.5K), .Bin (1.9K), .BiN (1), .bIn (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to Elf — every claim across all sources (including secondary ones) points to a single language.
Authoritative sources: ✗ Linguist · no claim ✗ Pygments · no claim △ Wikidata · secondary ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (1)
Languages that list
.bin among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Elf | wikidata | secondary |
Wikidata says… (47)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.bin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executable and Linkable Format Q1343830 standard file format for executables, object code, shared libraries, and core dumps | executable file format | binary:executable | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MacBinary file format family Q1882400 group of related file formats | file format family | — | application/macbinary; application/x-macbinary | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Raw audio Q3415066 file format family | file format family | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .bin in our local mirror yet.