.srt
2 claimants
2 primary
0 secondary
shared primary (2)
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.
1.2M
total files
668.2K
first seen 2021–2025 (56.7%)
2022
median year (half its files since)
Case variants in archive: .srt (1.2M), .SRT (1.6K), .Srt (52), .sRT (2), .SrT (1), .sRt (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to srecode-template; subrip-text as primary by 2 authoritative claims.
Authoritative sources: ✓ Linguist ✗ Pygments · no claim ✗ Wikidata · no claim ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (2)
Languages that list
.srt among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| srecode-template | linguist | primary |
| subrip-text | linguist | primary |
Wikidata says… (3)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.srt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FWKCS SRT file Q28756168 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| SubRip subtitles (UTF-16) Q105852434 file format | file format | — | text/plain | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| SubRip text file format Q9332294 file format | file format | — | application/x-subrip | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
Disambiguation rules (1)
Linguist heuristics that decide, by content, which language a
.srt file actually is.| Rule | Predicts | Kind | Predicates (truncated) | Measured on SWH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
h/linguist/.srt/0 | subrip-text | predicates | [{"kind": "any", "regexes": ["^(\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2},\\d{3})\\s*(-->)\\s*(\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2},\\d{3})$"]}] |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .srt in our local mirror yet.