.bw

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.

190.2K
total files
178.2K
first seen 2021–2025 (93.7%)
2021
median year (half its files since)

Case variants in archive: .bw (190.2K), .BW (53) — aggregated above.

Attribution status

This extension is attributed to Iris — 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

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Claimants (1)

Languages that list .bw among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.
LanguageSourceStrength
Iriswikidatasecondary

Wikidata says… (3)

File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL entities that claim .bw 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
Silicon Graphics Image Q7514956
file format
file format—image/sgi; image/x-rgb; image/x-sgi; image/x-sgi-rgb—Use as new PL ↗
bigWig Track Format Q105858487
file format
file format—application/octet-stream—Use as new PL ↗
Silicon Graphics B/W bitmap Q105858499
file format
file format———Use as new PL ↗

SWH-mined examples (0)

No archived examples for .bw in our local mirror yet.

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