.pov
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.
83.6K
total files
25.0K
first seen 2021–2025 (30.0%)
2020
median year (half its files since)
Case variants in archive: .pov (80.7K), .POV (2.9K) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to BitBake; NASL; POV-Ray SDL; SourcePawn as primary by 6 authoritative claims.
Claimants (6)
Languages that list
.pov among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| BitBake | pygments | primary |
| NASL | pygments | primary |
| POV-Ray SDL | linguist | primary |
| POV-Ray SDL | pygments | primary |
| POV-Ray SDL | wikidata | primary |
| SourcePawn | pygments | primary |
Wikidata says… (1)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.pov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POV-Ray scene description Q29650311 file format for 3D models and scene descriptions | file format | — | model/x-pov; text/x-povray | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .pov in our local mirror yet.