Supported formats
ZahirScan detects format from content and path, then runs the appropriate metadata and (where applicable) template pipeline.
Logs & text
| Format | Extensions |
|---|---|
| Logs (plain or structured) | .log |
| JSON-formatted logs | .json |
| Plain text | .txt |
| Markdown | .md, .markdown |
Documents
| Format | Extensions |
|---|---|
| Word documents | .docx |
| Excel workbooks | .xlsx |
| PowerPoint decks | .pptx |
.pdf | |
| EPUB e-books | .epub |
Settings & structured text
| Format | Extensions |
|---|---|
| INI / config | .ini, .cfg |
| TOML | .toml, .lock |
| YAML | .yaml, .yml |
| XML | .xml |
| Value delimited | .csv, .tsv, .tab, .psv |
| JSON / JSON-lines | .json |
| HTML | .html, .htm |
Tabular & columnar
| Format | Extensions |
|---|---|
| Parquet | .parquet |
| Arrow IPC / Feather | .arrow, .feather, .ipc |
| Avro | .avro |
| ORC | .orc |
| NumPy | .npy, .npz |
| HDF5 | .h5, .hdf5 |
| NetCDF | .nc, .cdf |
| Matrix Market | .mtx |
| MATLAB | .mat |
| Zarr | .zarr |
| Tetration | .tet |
Python pickle
| Format | Extensions | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Python pickle | .pickle, .pkl | .pickle always; .pkl when bytes look like Python serialization |
ZahirScan does not unpickle files. It walks opcodes read-only (like pickletools) and records protocol, import references, frame stats, and a heuristic content_hint (tabular, ml_model, numeric_array, builtin_containers). Large array payloads are skipped by length.
Models
| Format | Extensions |
|---|---|
| ONNX | .onnx |
| GGUF | .gguf |
| TensorFlow Lite | .tflite |
| Safetensors | .safetensors |
Archives
| Format | Extensions |
|---|---|
| ZIP | .zip |
| TAR | .tar |
| TAR.GZ | .tar.gz, .tgz |
| TAR.BZ2 | .tar.bz2 |
| TAR.XZ | .tar.xz |
Code & scripts
| Format | Extensions |
|---|---|
| Linguist-style source (by extension) | .py, .rs, .js, .ts, .go, .java, … |
| Makefile | Makefile |
| Dockerfile | Dockerfile |
| Shell / script (shebang) | .sh, .bash, .zsh, .py, .rb, .pl |
Media
| Format | Extensions |
|---|---|
| Images | .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .webp, .bmp, .tif, .tiff, .ico, .svg |
| Video | .mp4, .mkv, .avi, .mov, .wmv, .flv, .webm, .m4v, .3gp, .ogv |
| Audio | .mp3, .flac, .wav, .m4a, .aac, .ogg, .opus, .wma, .ape, .dsd, .dsf, .aif, .aiff, .aifc |
SVG is classified as Image. Dimensions come from root width/height/viewBox when absolute; see Media metadata.
Databases
| Format | Extensions |
|---|---|
| SQLite | .db, .sqlite, .sqlite3 |
What each category extracts is summarized under Metadata extraction.