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 5,518
libmagic --HEAD 4
Installs on Request (30 days)
libmagic 2,748
libmagic --HEAD 4
Build Errors (30 days)
libmagic 11
Installs (90 days)
libmagic 18,111
libmagic --HEAD 10
Installs on Request (90 days)
libmagic 8,862
libmagic --HEAD 10
Installs (365 days)
libmagic 55,724
libmagic --HEAD 52
Installs on Request (365 days)
libmagic 28,730
libmagic --HEAD 52