.plist
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.
8.7M
total occurrences
2.6M
since 2019 (29.8%)
1970–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .plist (8.7M), .PLIST (142), .Plist (51), .pList (34), .PList (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to OpenStep Property List; XML Property List; XML Property List as primary by 3 authoritative claims.
Authoritative sources: ✓ Linguist ✗ Pygments · no claim ✓ Wikidata · Q27979535 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (3)
Languages that list
.plist among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| OpenStep Property List | linguist | primary |
| XML Property List | linguist | primary |
| XML Property List | wikidata | primary |
Wikidata says… (4)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.plist 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Property list Q1050471 file format | file format; data serialization format | — | application/x-plist | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Binary Property List Q27979531 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Safari bookmarks Q28345358 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
Disambiguation rules (2)
Linguist heuristics that decide, by content, which language a
.plist file actually is.| Rule | Predicts | Kind | Predicates (truncated) |
|---|---|---|---|
h/linguist/.plist/0 | XML Property List | predicates | [{"kind": "any", "regexes": ["^\\s*(?:<\\?xml\\s|<!DOCTYPE\\s+plist|<plist(?:\\s+version\\s*=\\s*[\"']\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)?[\"'])?\\s*>\\s*$)"]}] |
h/linguist/.plist/1 | OpenStep Property List | default | [] |
SWH-mined examples (0)
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