.json5

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.

305.6K
total files
242.7K
first seen 2021–2025 (79.4%)
2023
median year (half its files since)

Case variants in archive: .json5 (305.6K), .JSON5 (33) — aggregated above.

Attribution status

This extension is attributed to json5 as primary by 2 authoritative claims.

Authoritative sources: ✓ Linguist ✓ Pygments ✗ Wikidata · no claim ✗ Wikipedia · no claim

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Claimants (2)

Languages that list .json5 among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.
LanguageSourceStrength
json5linguistprimary
json5pygmentsprimary

SWH-mined examples (0)

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