.dll
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.
41.6M
total files
20.4M
first seen 2021–2025 (49.0%)
2020
median year (half its files since)
Case variants in archive: .dll (41.5M), .DLL (51.5K), .Dll (694), .dLL (48), .dlL (40), .DLl (5), .DlL (2) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to Pe as primary by 1 authoritative claim.
Authoritative sources: ✗ Linguist · no claim ✗ Pygments · no claim ✓ Wikidata · Q1076355 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (1)
Languages that list
.dll among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Pe | wikidata | primary |
Wikidata says… (9)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.dll 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOS MZ executable Q1882110 executable file format used for .EXE files in MS-DOS | exe extension associated executable fileformat | — | application/x-dosexec; application/x-ms-dos-executable; application/x-msdos-program | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| dynamic-link library Q380319 Microsoft's implementation of the shared library concept in Windows and OS/2 | file format; Microsoft Windows component | — | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable; application/x-msdownload | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Linear Executable Q4042979 file format | exe extension associated executable fileformat | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .dll in our local mirror yet.