Go magic-numbers

Open-source Go projects categorized as magic-numbers

Top 4 Go magic-number Projects

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  1. filetype

    Fast, dependency-free Go package to infer binary file types based on the magic numbers header signature

  2. InfluxDB

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  3. mimetype

    A fast Golang library for media type and file extension detection, based on magic numbers

  4. go-mnd

    Magic number detector for Go.

  5. mimemagic

    Powerful and versatile MIME sniffing package using pre-compiled glob patterns, magic number signatures, XML document namespaces, and tree magic for mounted volumes, generated from the XDG shared-mime-info database. (by zRedShift)

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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  • Show HN: Mimetype, a Golang library for media types

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Apr 2023
  • strconv.ParseInt(myID, 10, 32) --> avoid magic numbers like '10'

    1 project | /r/golang | 27 Jan 2023
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    1 project | /r/golang | 21 Nov 2022
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    3 projects | /r/golang | 4 Jun 2022
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    6 projects | /r/golang | 11 Jan 2022
  • Show HN: Mimetype – Golang library for content type identification

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Mar 2021
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Index

What are some of the best open-source magic-number projects in Go? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 filetype 2,156
2 mimetype 1,776
3 go-mnd 195
4 mimemagic 100

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