.js

5 claimants 2 primary 0 secondary shared primary (2)

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.

946.0M
total occurrences
338.4M
since 2019 (35.8%)
1970–2023
years active

Case variants in archive: .js (945.9M), .JS (40.0K), .Js (5.1K), .jS (90) — aggregated above.

Attribution status

This extension is attributed to JavaScript; JavaScript; JavaScript; JSFuck as primary by 4 authoritative claims.

Authoritative sources: ✓ Linguist ✓ Pygments ✓ Wikidata · Q2005 △ Wikipedia · secondary

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Claimants (7)

Languages that list .js among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.
LanguageSourceStrength
JavaScriptlinguistprimary
JavaScriptpygmentsprimary
JavaScriptwikidataprimary
JSFuckwikidataprimary
JScriptwikipediaproposed
JSFXwikipediaproposed
Sourcewikipediaproposed

Wikidata says… (3)

File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL entities that claim .js 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.
Right entry isn't listed? Add manually ↗
FormatClass (Wikidata P31)Suggested labelMIMENotesAction
ExtendScript Q16976350
scripting language (an extension of JavaScript) and associated toolkit, developed by Adobe
programming languageUse as new PL ↗
JavaScript Style Sheets Q1633849
Stylesheet language proposed by Netscape
style sheet languagetext/javascriptUse as new PL ↗
JavaScript format Q5924007
file format that contains scripts in JavaScript
file formattext/javascriptUse as new PL ↗

SWH-mined examples (0)

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