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 7,335
libmagic --HEAD 6
Installs on Request (30 days)
libmagic 3,603
libmagic --HEAD 6
Build Errors (30 days)
libmagic 2
Installs (90 days)
libmagic 14,538
libmagic --HEAD 8
Installs on Request (90 days)
libmagic 6,912
libmagic --HEAD 8
Installs (365 days)
libmagic 53,767
libmagic --HEAD 59
Installs on Request (365 days)
libmagic 28,116
libmagic --HEAD 59