.so
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.
8.0M
total occurrences
3.6M
since 2019 (44.4%)
1970–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .so (8.0M), .So (4.1K), .SO (329), .sO (2) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to Elf as primary by 1 authoritative claim.
Authoritative sources: ✗ Linguist · no claim ✗ Pygments · no claim ✓ Wikidata · Q1343830 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (1)
Languages that list
.so among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Elf | wikidata | primary |
Wikidata says… (5)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.so 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a.out Q279254 old Unix executable file format | executable file format | binary:executable | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Executable and Linkable Format Q1343830 standard file format for executables, object code, shared libraries, and core dumps | executable file format | binary:executable | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Extended Common Object File Format Q5322705 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .so in our local mirror yet.