.carbon
1 claimant
1 primary
0 secondary
unambiguous primary
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.
135.9K
total files
120.4K
first seen 2021–2025 (88.6%)
2024
median year (half its files since)
Case variants in archive: .carbon (135.8K), .Carbon (18), .CARBON (17) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to Carbon as primary by 3 authoritative claims.
Claimants (3)
Languages that list
.carbon among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon | linguist | primary |
| Carbon | pygments | primary |
| Carbon | wikidata | primary |
Wikidata says… (1)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.carbon on Wikidata
(property P1195) or in the Wikipedia infobox.
Source: data/derived/external_extension_index.csv.
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URL, and this extension — one submission creates the PL + claim.
| Format | Class (Wikidata P31) | Suggested label | MIME | Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon file format Q128694654 file format | file format | — | text/x-carbon | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .carbon in our local mirror yet.