.man
4 claimants
4 primary
0 secondary
shared primary (4)
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.
300.1K
total files
100.3K
first seen 2021–2025 (33.4%)
2015
median year (half its files since)
Case variants in archive: .man (289.6K), .MAN (10.3K), .Man (109), .MAn (1), .mAn (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to GROFF; Nroff; Roff; Roff Manpage as primary by 4 authoritative claims.
Authoritative sources: △ Linguist · secondary ✓ Pygments ✗ Wikidata · no claim ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (6)
Languages that list
.man among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| GROFF | pygments | primary |
| Nroff | pygments | primary |
| Roff | pygments | primary |
| Roff Manpage | pygments | primary |
| Roff | linguist | secondary |
| Roff Manpage | linguist | secondary |
Wikidata says… (1)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.man 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| man page Q47512572 electronic documentation file format | file format | — | text/troff; application/x-troff-man | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
Disambiguation rules (3)
Linguist heuristics that decide, by content, which language a
.man file actually is.| Rule | Predicts | Kind | Predicates (truncated) | Measured on SWH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
h/linguist/.man/0 | Roff Manpage | predicates | [{"kind": "any", "regexes": ["^[.'][ \\t]*Dd +(?:[^\"\\s]+|\"[^\"]+\")"]}, {"kind": "any", "regexes": ["^[.'][ \\t]*Dt +(?:[^\"\\s]+|\"[^\"]+\") +\"?(?:[1-9]|@[^\\s@]+@)"]}, {"kind": "any", "regexes": | |
h/linguist/.man/1 | Roff Manpage | predicates | [{"kind": "any", "regexes": ["^[.'][ \\t]*TH +(?:[^\"\\s]+|\"[^\"]+\") +\"?(?:[1-9]|@[^\\s@]+@)"]}, {"kind": "any", "regexes": ["^[.'][ \\t]*SH +(?:[^\"\\s]+|\"[^\"\\s]+)"]}] | |
h/linguist/.man/2 | Roff | default | [] |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .man in our local mirror yet.