.bst
2 claimants
2 primary
0 secondary
shared primary (2)
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.
719.9K
total files
69.3K
first seen 2021–2025 (9.6%)
2019
median year (half its files since)
Case variants in archive: .bst (719.8K), .BST (110), .Bst (2), .bST (1), .bSt (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to BibTeX Style; BuildStream as primary by 4 authoritative claims.
Claimants (4)
Languages that list
.bst among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| BibTeX Style | linguist | primary |
| BibTeX Style | pygments | primary |
| BuildStream | linguist | primary |
| BuildStream | pygments | primary |
Wikidata says… (1)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.bst 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 style file Q53844499 style file for BibTeX | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
Disambiguation rules (2)
Linguist heuristics that decide, by content, which language a
.bst file actually is.| Rule | Predicts | Kind | Predicates (truncated) | Measured on SWH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
h/linguist/.bst/0 | BibTeX Style | predicates | [{"kind": "any", "regexes": ["ENTRY\\s*\\{"]}] | |
h/linguist/.bst/1 | BuildStream | default | [] |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .bst in our local mirror yet.