JHOVE Alternatives

JHOVE is described as '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' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to JHOVE for Windows, Linux, Web-based, Mac and BSD. The best JHOVE alternative is TrID. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try TrID or TrIDNet. Other great apps like JHOVE are Toolsley File Identifier, FileCHK, HexBrowser and DROID.

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  1. TrID icon
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    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).

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • TrID is the most popular Web-based, Windows & Linux alternative to JHOVE.

    • TrID is the most popular free alternative to JHOVE.

    • TrID is Free Personal and ProprietaryJHOVE is Free and Open Source
  2. TrIDNet icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. file icon
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    file is a standard Unix program for recognizing the type of data contained in a computer file using magic numbers.

    8 file alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • file is the most popular Mac alternative to JHOVE.

    • file is the most popular Open Source alternative to JHOVE.

    • file is Free and Open SourceJHOVE is also Free and Open Source
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    Identify files based on the libmagic database in your browser. HTML5/JS port of the "file" tool. No downloads, no installation and no uploads!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. FileCHK icon
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    Identify and recover (as much as possible) data lost in CHK files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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 different file formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. DROID icon
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    DROID (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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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