.text
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.
642.0K
total files
225.3K
first seen 2021–2025 (35.1%)
2019
median year (half its files since)
Case variants in archive: .text (626.3K), .TEXT (14.3K), .Text (1.4K), .tEXt (3), .tExT (3), .TExt (1), .TeXT (1), .tExt (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to txt as primary by 1 authoritative claim.
Authoritative sources: ✗ Linguist · no claim ✗ Pygments · no claim ✓ Wikidata · Q86920 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (1)
Languages that list
.text among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| txt | wikidata | primary |
Wikidata says… (3)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.text 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| text file Q86920 kind of computer file containing plain text | file format | — | text/plain | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| IGOR Pro Text document Q105857910 file format | file format | — | text/plain | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| ScreenWriter II Q34307182 file format | file format | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .text in our local mirror yet.