File Type Detector
Identify file types and formats with our advanced file type detector. Analyze file headers, magic numbers, MIME types, and file signatures to accurately detect file formats even when extensions are missing or incorrect. Perfect for file forensics, security analysis, and file organization with comprehensive detection algorithms.
Detection Features:
- Header Analysis: Examine file headers and magic numbers for accurate detection
- Multiple Methods: Browser MIME types, file signatures, and content analysis
- Hex Viewer: Visual analysis of file bytes with signature highlighting
- Security Assessment: Identify potentially dangerous file types
- Deep Analysis: Binary detection, compression analysis, and metadata extraction
- Confidence Scoring: Reliability metrics for detection accuracy
Supported File Types:
- Images: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, WebP, SVG, ICO
- Documents: PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, RTF
- Audio: MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, OGG, M4A, WMA
- Video: MP4, AVI, MOV, MKV, FLV, WebM, WMV
- Archives: ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ
- Executables: EXE, DLL, MSI, DMG, APP, DEB, RPM
- Web: HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, JSP, XML, JSON
- Code: C, CPP, JAVA, PY, RB, GO, RS, TS
Use Cases:
- File Organization: Identify files with missing or wrong extensions
- Security Analysis: Detect potentially malicious files
- Digital Forensics: Analyze file types in investigations
- Data Recovery: Identify recovered files without extensions
- Content Filtering: Classify files for processing workflows
- Quality Assurance: Verify file formats in data pipelines
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