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 4,865
libmagic --HEAD 5
Installs on Request (30 days)
libmagic 2,380
libmagic --HEAD 5
Build Errors (30 days)
libmagic 10
Installs (90 days)
libmagic 18,301
libmagic --HEAD 14
Installs on Request (90 days)
libmagic 9,076
libmagic --HEAD 14
Installs (365 days)
libmagic 55,638
libmagic --HEAD 56
Installs on Request (365 days)
libmagic 28,580
libmagic --HEAD 56