.ice
2 claimants
1 primary
1 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.
85.8K
total files
27.1K
first seen 2021–2025 (31.6%)
2018
median year (half its files since)
Case variants in archive: .ice (85.5K), .ICE (262), .Ice (11) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to Slice as primary by 1 authoritative claim.
Authoritative sources: ✓ Linguist ✗ Pygments · no claim ✗ Wikidata · no claim ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (2)
Languages that list
.ice among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Slice | linguist | primary |
| JSON | linguist | secondary |
Wikidata says… (1)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.ice 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeze! compressed archive Q105854012 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
Disambiguation rules (2)
Linguist heuristics that decide, by content, which language a
.ice file actually is.| Rule | Predicts | Kind | Predicates (truncated) | Measured on SWH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
h/linguist/.ice/0 | JSON | predicates | [{"kind": "any", "regexes": ["\\A\\s*[{\\[]"]}] | |
h/linguist/.ice/1 | Slice | default | [] |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .ice in our local mirror yet.