.gd
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.
5.3M
total files
3.9M
first seen 2021–2025 (72.9%)
2022
median year (half its files since)
Case variants in archive: .gd (5.3M), .GD (320), .Gd (5) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to GAP; GDScript as primary by 3 authoritative claims.
Claimants (5)
Languages that list
.gd among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| GAP | wikidata | primary |
| GDScript | linguist | primary |
| GDScript | pygments | primary |
| GAP | linguist | secondary |
| GAP | pygments | secondary |
Wikidata says… (2)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.gd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDScript source code file Q129326955 file format | file format | — | application/x-gdscript; text/x-gdscript | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| STK database update information Q105857101 file format | file format | — | text/plain | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
Disambiguation rules (2)
Linguist heuristics that decide, by content, which language a
.gd file actually is.| Rule | Predicts | Kind | Predicates (truncated) | Measured on SWH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
h/linguist/.gd/0 | GAP | predicates | [{"kind": "any", "regexes": ["\\s*(Declare|BindGlobal|KeyDependentOperation)"]}] | |
h/linguist/.gd/1 | GDScript | predicates | [{"kind": "any", "regexes": ["\\s*(extends|var|const|enum|func|class|signal|tool|yield|assert|onready)"]}] |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .gd in our local mirror yet.