.lid
1 claimant
0 primary
1 secondary
secondary-only
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.
10.8K
total files
380
first seen 2021–2025 (3.5%)
2014
median year (half its files since)
Case variants in archive: .lid (10.7K), .LID (74), .Lid (1), .lId (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to Dylan — every claim across all sources (including secondary ones) points to a single language.
Authoritative sources: △ Linguist · secondary ✗ Pygments · no claim ✗ Wikidata · no claim △ Wikipedia · secondary
Claimants (2)
Languages that list
.lid among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Dylan | linguist | secondary |
| Dylan | wikipedia | proposed |
Wikidata says… (4)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.lid 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DylanLID file format Q128913262 file format | file format | — | text/x-dylan-lid | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| InstallShield Language Identifier Q105861232 file format | file format | — | text/plain | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Lextek Language Identification Module Q105861302 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .lid in our local mirror yet.