.sln
1 claimant
1 primary
0 secondary
unambiguous primary
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.
11.4M
total occurrences
4.0M
since 2019 (35.6%)
1970–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .sln (11.4M), .SLN (565), .Sln (41), .slN (1), .sLn (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to Microsoft Visual Studio Solution as primary by 1 authoritative claim.
Authoritative sources: ✓ Linguist ✗ Pygments · no claim ✗ Wikidata · no claim ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (1)
Languages that list
.sln among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Visual Studio Solution | linguist | primary |
Wikidata says… (13)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.sln 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYBYL line notation Q7395247 file format | file format; line notation | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Alpha Four Search List Q105852619 file format | file format | — | application/octet-stream | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Solution (generic) Q105860048 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .sln in our local mirror yet.