file-type 1.2.0
Detect the file type of a Buffer/Uint8Array
file-type@1.2.0 was published on 2014-11-13. Its manifest declares 10 runtime dependencies and 0 peer requirements. Bundled type declarations are not declared in the inspected metadata. The declared Node.js requirement is >=0.10.0.
All file-type versions · Permanent reference to 1.2.0 · Latest release
Package specifications
| Version | 1.2.0 |
|---|---|
| License declaration | MIT |
| Published | 2014-11-13T05:36:58.832Z |
| Node.js requirement | >=0.10.0 |
| Type declarations | Not declared |
| Runtime dependency count | 10 |
| Peer requirement count | 0 |
| Optional dependency count | 0 |
| Minified size | Measurement not available yet |
| Minified + gzip | Measurement not available yet |
| Unpacked distribution size | Not supplied |
| Published file count | Not supplied |
| Package type | Not declared |
| ES module entry | Not declared |
| Default entry | Not declared |
| Side effects declaration | Not declared |
| Direct advisories | 0 |
| Resolved graph dependencies | 41 |
| Repository stars | 4339 |
| Repository forks | 398 |
Install file-type 1.2.0
npm install file-type@1.2.0 pnpm add file-type@1.2.0 yarn add file-type@1.2.0
Runtime dependencies
- meow ^2.0.0
- is-exe ^1.0.0
- is-mp4 ^0.1.0
- is-pdf ^1.0.0
- is-rtf ^1.0.0
- is-swf ^1.0.0
- is-epub ^1.0.0
- audio-type ^0.1.4
- image-type ^1.0.0
- archive-type ^1.0.0
Peer requirements
- None declared
Optional dependencies
- None declared
Resolved dependency graph
This deps.dev graph describes a generic 64-bit Linux environment, not your application lockfile.
- archive-type@1.0.4 — direct
- audio-type@0.1.4 — direct
- camelcase@1.2.1 — indirect
- camelcase-keys@1.0.0 — indirect
- get-stdin@3.0.2 — indirect
- get-stdin@4.0.1 — indirect
- image-type@1.1.0 — direct
- indent-string@1.2.2 — indirect
- is-7zip@1.0.0 — indirect
- is-bmp@1.0.1 — indirect
- is-bzip2@1.0.0 — indirect
- is-epub@1.0.1 — direct
- is-exe@1.0.0 — direct
- is-finite@1.1.0 — indirect
- is-flac@0.1.2 — indirect
- is-gif@1.0.0 — indirect
- is-gzip@1.0.0 — indirect
- is-jpg@1.0.1 — indirect
- is-jxr@1.0.1 — indirect
- is-m4a@0.1.2 — indirect
- is-mp3@0.1.1 — indirect
- is-mp4@0.1.0 — direct
- is-ogg@0.1.2 — indirect
- is-pdf@1.0.0 — direct
- is-png@1.1.0 — indirect
- is-psd@1.0.1 — indirect
- is-rar@1.0.0 — indirect
- is-rtf@1.0.0 — direct
- is-swf@1.1.1 — direct
- is-tar@1.0.0 — indirect
- is-tif@1.0.1 — indirect
- is-wav@0.1.2 — indirect
- is-webp@1.0.1 — indirect
- is-zip@1.0.0 — indirect
- map-obj@1.0.1 — indirect
- meow@2.1.0 — direct
- minimist@1.2.8 — indirect
- object-assign@2.1.1 — indirect
- read-chunk@0.1.0 — indirect
- read-chunk@1.0.1 — indirect
- repeating@1.1.3 — indirect
How to interpret the specifications
Bundlephobia measurements use its standard package build and may exclude peer dependencies. Unpacked npm distribution size includes shipped files and is a different measurement. Module declarations do not prove tree-shaking or runtime compatibility.
Advisories apply to this package version directly; transitive dependencies need separate inspection. Repository signals describe the whole repository and are current observations, including on historical-version pages.
OpenSSF repository checks
Provider assessment: 2026-08-24T00:00:00Z. These are repository checks, not a jsL maintenance score.
| Maintained | 2/10 — 3 commit(s) and 0 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 2 |
|---|---|
| Dangerous-Workflow | 10/10 — no dangerous workflow patterns detected |
| Security-Policy | 9/10 — security policy file detected |
| Token-Permissions | 0/10 — detected GitHub workflow tokens with excessive permissions |
| CII-Best-Practices | 0/10 — no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected |
| Code-Review | 0/10 — Found 0/30 approved changesets -- score normalized to 0 |
| SAST | 0/10 — no SAST tool detected |
| Binary-Artifacts | 0/10 — binaries present in source code |
| License | 10/10 — license file detected |
| Fuzzing | 0/10 — project is not fuzzed |
| Pinned-Dependencies | 0/10 — dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 0 |
| Branch-Protection | 0/10 — branch protection not enabled on development/release branches |
Evidence and freshness
- https://registry.npmjs.org/file-type/1.2.0 — retrieved 2026-10-29T09:23:51.861Z
- https://api.deps.dev/v3/projects/github.com%2Fsindresorhus%2Ffile-type — retrieved 2026-10-29T05:59:37.106Z
- https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/npm/packages/file-type/versions/1.2.0 — retrieved 2026-10-29T09:23:52.416Z
- https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/npm/packages/file-type/versions/1.2.0:dependencies — retrieved 2026-10-29T09:23:52.463Z