.gif
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.
34.8M
total files
9.1M
first seen 2021–2025 (26.1%)
2018
median year (half its files since)
Case variants in archive: .gif (34.4M), .GIF (359.6K), .Gif (2.0K), .giF (37), .gIf (11), .gIF (10), .GIf (9), .GiF (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to gif as primary by 1 authoritative claim.
Authoritative sources: ✗ Linguist · no claim ✗ Pygments · no claim ✓ Wikidata · Q2192 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (1)
Languages that list
.gif among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| gif | wikidata | primary |
Wikidata says… (4)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.gif 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIF Q2192top match bitmap image file format family | lossless compression; video compression | binary:image | image/gif | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| animated GIF Q11201061 GIF image with animation | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Graphics Interchange Format, version 87a Q27526733 file format | file format | — | image/gif | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .gif in our local mirror yet.