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`.vapi`

2 claimants 1 primary 1 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.

42.7K

total files

11.3K

first seen 2021–2025 (26.3%)

2015

median year (half its files since)

Attribution status

This extension is attributed to Vala as primary by 1 authoritative claim.

Authoritative sources: △ Linguist · secondary △ Pygments · secondary ✓ Wikidata · Q1138939 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim

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Claimants (4)

Languages that list .vapi among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.

Language	Source	Strength
Vala	wikidata	primary
Vala	linguist	secondary
Vala	pygments	secondary
Vala (programming language)	pygments	secondary

Wikidata says… (2)

File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL entities that claim .vapi 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 ↗

Format	Class (Wikidata `P31`)	Suggested label	MIME	Notes	Action
Vala source file Q126960671 file format	file format	—	`text/x-vala`	—	Use as new PL ↗
VAPI file Q126960675 file format	file format	—	`—`	—	Use as new PL ↗

SWH-mined examples (1)

Real archived programs with this extension, byte-verified against the SWH archive, grouped by predicted language and by how the prediction was made. Useful for deciding what this extension actually is when the attribution is uncertain.

Vala (1) — 1 via fallback

frida-core-1.0.vapi · 19232 B · seen 1× in SWH

predicted: Vala via fallback

swh:1:cnt:44aac55f5fa654bc70c458bc2a3cec768c818a96;origin=https://github.com/anoane/frida-linux-arm-12.11.18.1-uClibc-0.9.33.2-prebuilt;anchor=swh:1:rev:dc616999022d0cfcc74c54ded4301e5a2e225e86;path=/frida_thin-linux-arm/share/vala/vapi/frida-core-1.0.vapi

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