libmagic

Install command:
brew install libmagic

Implementation of the file(1) command

https://www.darwinsys.com/file/

License: BSD-2-Clause-Darwin AND BSD-2-Clause AND LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/libmagic.json

Formula code: libmagic.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
tahoe
sequoia
sonoma
macOS on
Intel
sonoma
Linux ARM64
x86_64

Current versions:

stable 5.47

Analytics:

Installs (30 days)
libmagic 9,608
libmagic --HEAD 6
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libmagic 4,914
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Build Errors (30 days)
libmagic 4
Installs (90 days)
libmagic 16,850
libmagic --HEAD 11
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libmagic 8,206
libmagic --HEAD 11
Installs (365 days)
libmagic 55,324
libmagic --HEAD 58
Installs on Request (365 days)
libmagic 28,725
libmagic --HEAD 58