.scad

1 claimant 1 primary 0 secondary unambiguous primary

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.

540.4K
total files
201.4K
first seen 2021–2025 (37.3%)
2020
median year (half its files since)

Case variants in archive: .scad (539.9K), .SCAD (258), .sCAD (252), .Scad (3) — aggregated above.

Attribution status

This extension is attributed to OpenSCAD as primary by 2 authoritative claims.

Authoritative sources: ✓ Linguist ✓ Pygments ✗ Wikidata · no claim ✗ Wikipedia · no claim

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Claimants (2)

Languages that list .scad among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.
LanguageSourceStrength
OpenSCADlinguistprimary
OpenSCADpygmentsprimary

Wikidata says… (1)

File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL entities that claim .scad 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.
Right entry isn't listed? Add manually ↗
FormatClass (Wikidata P31)Suggested labelMIMENotesAction
OpenSCAD file format Q127813473
file format
file format—application/x-openscad—Use as new PL ↗

SWH-mined examples (2)

Real archived programs with this extension, byte-verified against the SWH archive, grouped by predicted language and by how the prediction was made. Useful for deciding what this extension actually is when the attribution is uncertain.
OpenSCAD (2) — 2 via unique-primary
queues.scad · 6169 B · seen 422× in SWH
predicted: OpenSCAD via unique-primary
swh:1:cnt:cb346c02d24adb946a7837e8709efd3f386e8bc5;origin=https://github.com/johntron/johntron;anchor=swh:1:rev:38b832b5a89d0e596ab26a1b7867f3abb77717fe;path=/projects/prusa-enclosure/BOSL2/queues.scad
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nema_steppers.scad · 27637 B · seen 404× in SWH
predicted: OpenSCAD via unique-primary
swh:1:cnt:2244806aaa1cfaea2e21cd06ac7fdaaf414b2b85;origin=https://github.com/tlouden/uplift-iot;anchor=swh:1:rev:b0f916ffa4c5ce3f818b08c0730c278e778bef3b;path=/enclosure/BOSL2/nema_steppers.scad
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