TrIDNet Alternatives

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

    • TrID is the most popular free alternative to TrIDNet.

    • TrID is Free Personal and ProprietaryTrIDNet is Free and Proprietary
  2. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

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

    • file is Free and Open SourceTrIDNet is Free 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
     
  4. 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
     
  6. 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
     
  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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