DROID Alternatives

DROID is described as '(Digital Record and Object Identification) is a software tool developed by The National Archives to perform automated batch identification of file formats. Developed by its Digital Preservation Department as part of its broader digital preservation activities, DROID is' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are seven alternatives to DROID for Windows, Linux, Web-based, Mac and BSD. The best DROID alternative is TrID. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try TrIDNet or file. Other great apps like DROID are Toolsley File Identifier, FileCHK, HexBrowser and JHOVE.

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DROID alternatives page was last updated Nov 1, 2022

TrID
Allows to detect file type by recognition of binary signatures. Database with signatures can be downloaded from author site or trained by user with program named TrIDScan(see at author site).
8 TrID alternatives
License model
- Free Personal • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
TrID VS DROID
Is TrID a good alternative to DROID?
- TrID is the most popular Web-based, Windows & Linux alternative to DROID.
- TrID is the most popular free alternative to DROID.
- TrID is Free Personal and ProprietaryDROID is Free and Open Source

TrIDNet
TRIDNet is the GUI version of TrID, probably more practical to use than the CLI version, especially for those not very familiar with the command line prompt.
7 TrIDNet alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
TrIDNet Features
Portable
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Discontinued
TrIDNet v1.95 - 26/01/16. As from 2021 Feb it does work fine on Windows 10
TrIDNet VS DROID
Is TrIDNet a good alternative to DROID?

file
file is a standard Unix program for recognizing the type of data contained in a computer file using magic numbers.
8 file alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
file VS DROID
Is file a good alternative to DROID?
- file is the most popular Mac alternative to DROID.
- file is the most popular Open Source alternative to DROID.
- file is Free and Open SourceDROID is also Free and Open Source

Toolsley File Identifier
Identify files based on the libmagic database in your browser. HTML5/JS port of the "file" tool. No downloads, no installation and no uploads!.
7 Toolsley File Identifier alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
Toolsley File Identifier VS DROID
Is this a good alternative to DROID?

FileCHK
Identify and recover (as much as possible) data lost in CHK files.
7 FileCHK alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
FileCHK VS DROID
Is FileCHK a good alternative to DROID?

HexBrowser
HexBrowser is a tool that identifies file types. It does not care about the file extension, but opens each file to look for signatures so it can determine the exact type of a file. It now recognizes more than 800 differ...
7 HexBrowser alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
HexBrowser VS DROID
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JHOVE
JHOVE is a file format identification, validation and characterisation tool. It is implemented as a Java application and is usable on any Unix, Windows, or OS X platform with appropriate Java installation.
7 JHOVE alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
JHOVE Features
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
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JHOVE VS DROID
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