.mps
2 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.
583.7K
total occurrences
103.3K
since 2019 (17.7%)
1997–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .mps (583.6K), .MPS (112), .mpS (2) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to JetBrains MPS; Mathematical Programming System; Mathematical Programming System as primary by 3 authoritative claims.
Authoritative sources: ✓ Linguist ✗ Pygments · no claim ✓ Wikidata · Q6717333 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (3)
Languages that list
.mps among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| JetBrains MPS | linguist | primary |
| Mathematical Programming System | linguist | primary |
| Mathematical Programming System | wikidata | primary |
Wikidata says… (5)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.mps 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematical Programming System Q6717333 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Garmin MapSource data Q105862948 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| MetaPost PostScript file Q127785591 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
Disambiguation rules (2)
Linguist heuristics that decide, by content, which language a
.mps file actually is.| Rule | Predicts | Kind | Predicates (truncated) |
|---|---|---|---|
h/linguist/.mps/0 | JetBrains MPS | predicates | [{"kind": "any", "regexes": ["<persistence"]}] |
h/linguist/.mps/1 | Mathematical Programming System | predicates | [{"kind": "any", "regexes": ["(?i)^\\s*(ROWS|COLUMNS)\\s*$"]}] |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .mps in our local mirror yet.