.tex
2 claimants
2 primary
0 secondary
shared primary (2)
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.
20.8M
total occurrences
3.3M
since 2019 (16.0%)
1969–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .tex (20.8M), .TEX (19.7K), .Tex (665), .TeX (557), .teX (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to LaTeX; LaTeX; TeX; TeX; TeX as primary by 5 authoritative claims.
Claimants (5)
Languages that list
.tex among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| LaTeX | pygments | primary |
| LaTeX | wikidata | primary |
| TeX | linguist | primary |
| TeX | pygments | primary |
| TeX | wikidata | primary |
Wikidata says… (4)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.tex 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaTeX Q5310 document markup language | markup language; word processor | — | application/x-latex | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Grigon texture Q105851239 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| LaTeX 2e document Q105851098 file format | file format | — | application/x-tex | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .tex in our local mirror yet.