Issues

• BigTIFF signature missing

  h2non/filetype.py#223 · Filter by author volks73 opened on Oct 23, 2026

• filetype misidentifies a valid legacy PowerPoint .ppt file as Excel due to a shared FDFFFFFF signature

  h2non/filetype.py#205 · Filter by author spoiled-brat opened on Aug 6, 2026

• Suggestion: API to allow the user to optionally provide more data at specified offsets

  h2non/filetype.py#203 · Filter by author dogtopus opened on Jun 29, 2026

• txt and markdown files

  h2non/filetype.py#199 · Filter by author piranna opened on Sep 16, 2025

• Checking image/Tiff() Before Image/Dcm() can cause misidentification of dicoms as tiffs

  h2non/filetype.py#198 · Filter by author CalNightingale opened on Sep 16, 2025

• wrong detection of Docx file as Zip if first entry is not word/

  h2non/filetype.py#197 · Filter by author piranna opened on Sep 10, 2025

• [Feat Req] Function to check if a file is binary or text

  h2non/filetype.py#196 · Filter by author Emasoft opened on Sep 9, 2025

• filetype.guess not working with bytes when used in AWS Lambda environment

  h2non/filetype.py#194 · Filter by author miguel-martinr opened on Feb 1, 2025

• [feat request] SVG support

  h2non/filetype.py#193 · Filter by author eventlOwOp opened on Dec 15, 2024

• False negative for a PDF?

  h2non/filetype.py#192 · Filter by author conjuncts opened on Oct 21, 2024
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• New Version

  h2non/filetype.py#188 · Filter by author mikemike396 opened on Sep 1, 2024
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• qa: add types and test them with mypy

  h2non/filetype.py#187 · Filter by author ssbarnea opened on Aug 31, 2024

• packaging: implement PEP-517

  h2non/filetype.py#186 · Filter by author ssbarnea opened on Aug 31, 2024

• gha: not testing each supported python version

  h2non/filetype.py#185 · Filter by author ssbarnea opened on Aug 31, 2024

• will filetype support ofd?

  h2non/filetype.py#184 · Filter by author ConleyKong opened on Aug 30, 2024

• Recognize/Identify .msg/.eml files from Outlook/Other email clients

  h2non/filetype.py#181 · Filter by author dwasyl opened on Aug 15, 2024
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• xls files need 521 bytes

  h2non/filetype.py#174 · Filter by author vgambier-altus opened on Apr 10, 2024
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• MS Word misidentified as MS Excel

  h2non/filetype.py#173 · Filter by author ZhuqiushiCasual opened on Mar 18, 2024

• Docx detected as Zip due to trash files

  h2non/filetype.py#171 · Filter by author lucasgadams opened on Feb 13, 2024
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• Empty docx file can't seem to get file type

  h2non/filetype.py#170 · Filter by author githuyan opened on Dec 27, 2023

• Incorrect documentation for functions accepting "bytes"

  h2non/filetype.py#166 · Filter by author bharel opened on Oct 28, 2023

• Access to types module blocked by assignment

  h2non/filetype.py#165 · Filter by author bjd183 opened on Oct 12, 2023

• Font mimetypes are outdated

  h2non/filetype.py#164 · Filter by author bjd183 opened on Oct 12, 2023
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• Whether the detection of the other audio formats can be supported?

  h2non/filetype.py#154 · Filter by author kanson1996 opened on Mar 29, 2023

• tests/fixtures/sample.zst is missing from the repository

  h2non/filetype.py#128 · Filter by author mgorny opened on Jul 12, 2022
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