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

    TrIDNet

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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
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  2. xdg-utils icon

    xdg-utils

     1 like

    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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. file icon

    file

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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
     
  5. Toolsley File Identifier icon

    Toolsley File Identifier

     1 like

    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 screenshot 1
     
  6. FileCHK icon

    FileCHK

     1 like

    Identify and recover (as much as possible) data lost in CHK files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. HexBrowser icon

    HexBrowser

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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
    HexBrowser screenshot 1
     
  9. DROID icon

    DROID

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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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. JHOVE icon

    JHOVE

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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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