.hex
1 claimant
1 primary
0 secondary
unambiguous primary
SWH popularity
From the SWH-MSR-ARV dataset (Desmazières, Di Cosmo, Lorentz, MSR 2025; file nb_extensions_alphanum.csv) — one row per (ext, year) in the full SWH archive. Case-aggregated. citation.
1.7M
total occurrences
531.5K
since 2019 (30.9%)
1970–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .hex (1.6M), .HEX (74.8K), .Hex (11.9K), .HEx (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to Hugo as primary by 1 authoritative claim.
Authoritative sources: ✗ Linguist · no claim ✗ Pygments · no claim ✓ Wikidata · Q28770260 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (1)
Languages that list
.hex among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Hugo | wikidata | primary |
Wikidata says… (3)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.hex 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BinHex Q777561 file format | file format; binary-to-text encoding | — | application/binhex; application/mac-binhex; application/mac-binhex40 | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Intel HEX Q572649 file format for conveying binary information | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Hugo Q28770260 file format for the Hugo Interactive Fiction development system | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .hex in our local mirror yet.