.svg

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.

147.9M
total files
92.2M
first seen 2021–2025 (62.3%)
2022
median year (half its files since)

Case variants in archive: .svg (147.9M), .SVG (23.6K), .Svg (2.5K), .sVg (4), .svG (2) — aggregated above.

Attribution status

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

Authoritative sources: ✓ Linguist ✗ Pygments · no claim ✓ Wikidata · Q2078 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim

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Claimants (2)

Languages that list .svg among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.
LanguageSourceStrength
svglinguistprimary
svgwikidataprimary

Wikidata says… (11)

File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL entities that claim .svg 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
SVG Q2078top match
open standard for two-dimensional vector graphics
XML-based format; file format familybinary:imageimage/svg+xml; image/SVG—Use as new PL ↗
Scalable Vector Graphics Tiny Q58630708
file format
file format; vector graphics file formatbinary:imageimage/svg+xml—Use as new PL ↗
3D Draw SVG image Q105852121
file format
file format—application/octet-stream—Use as new PL ↗

SWH-mined examples (0)

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