TrID Alternatives

TrID is described as '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)' and is an app. There are eight alternatives to TrID for Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and BSD. The best TrID alternative is TrIDNet, which is free. Other great apps like TrID are xdg-utils, file, Toolsley File Identifier and FileCHK.

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  1. 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
     
    • TrIDNet is the most popular Windows alternative to TrID.

    • TrIDNet is the most popular free alternative to TrID.

    • TrIDNet is Free and ProprietaryTrID is Free Personal and Proprietary
  2. xdg-utils icon
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    xdg-utils is a set of tools that allows applications to easily integrate with the desktop environment of the user, regardless of the specific desktop environment that the user runs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • xdg-utils is the most popular Linux alternative to TrID.

    • xdg-utils is the most popular Open Source alternative to TrID.

    • xdg-utils is Free and Open SourceTrID is Free Personal and Proprietary
  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 TrID.

    • file is Free and Open SourceTrID is Free Personal and Proprietary
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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
     
    • Toolsley File Identifier is the most popular Web-based alternative to TrID.

    • Toolsley File Identifier is Free and ProprietaryTrID is Free Personal and Proprietary
  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
     
  8. JHOVE icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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