.exe
3 claimants
2 primary
1 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.
20.4M
total files
10.8M
first seen 2021–2025 (52.8%)
2021
median year (half its files since)
Case variants in archive: .exe (20.3M), .EXE (120.6K), .Exe (1.5K), .eXe (80), .EXe (14), .ExE (10), .exE (5), .eXE (3) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to .exe; Turbo Pascal as primary by 2 authoritative claims.
Authoritative sources: ✗ Linguist · no claim ✗ Pygments · no claim ✓ Wikidata · Q623334 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (3)
Languages that list
.exe among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | wikidata | primary |
| Turbo Pascal | wikidata | primary |
| Pe | wikidata | secondary |
Wikidata says… (31)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.exe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .exe Q623334 filename extension | filename extension | — | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| CIH Q1023724 Microsoft Windows computer virus | computer virus | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| 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 ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .exe in our local mirror yet.