whfmt.Formats 1.0.0 

dotnet add package whfmt.Formats --version 1.0.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package whfmt.Formats -Version 1.0.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="whfmt.Formats" Version="1.0.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="whfmt.Formats" Version="1.0.0" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="whfmt.Formats" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add whfmt.Formats --version 1.0.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: whfmt.Formats, 1.0.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package whfmt.Formats@1.0.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=whfmt.Formats&version=1.0.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=whfmt.Formats&version=1.0.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

whfmt.Formats

856 binary format definitions (.whfmt) shipped as AdditionalFiles — ready to pair with whfmt.SourceGenerator for zero-CLI, compile-time C# parsers.

Quick start

1. Install both packages

<PackageReference Include="whfmt.Formats"         Version="1.0.0" />
<PackageReference Include="whfmt.SourceGenerator" Version="1.0.0" />

That's it. At compile time, every format in this package is passed to whfmt.SourceGenerator as an AdditionalFile and a strongly-typed C# parser class is emitted automatically.

2. Use a generated parser

// WhfmtFormats.Images namespace — from Formats/Images/PNG.whfmt
var png = PngParser.ParseFile("photo.png");
Console.WriteLine(png.Width);
Console.WriteLine(png.Height);

// WhfmtFormats.Audio namespace — from Formats/Audio/MP3.whfmt
var mp3 = Mp3Parser.ParseFile("track.mp3");
Console.WriteLine(mp3.SyncWord);

Included categories

Namespace Category Formats
WhfmtFormats.ThreeD 3D ~24
WhfmtFormats.Archives Archives ~35
WhfmtFormats.Audio Audio ~40
WhfmtFormats.CAD CAD ~18
WhfmtFormats.Certificates Certificates ~10
WhfmtFormats.Crypto Crypto ~8
WhfmtFormats.Data Data ~25
WhfmtFormats.Database Database ~15
WhfmtFormats.Disk Disk ~20
WhfmtFormats.Documents Documents ~30
WhfmtFormats.Executables Executables ~20
WhfmtFormats.Firmware Firmware ~15
WhfmtFormats.Fonts Fonts ~12
WhfmtFormats.GIS GIS ~15
WhfmtFormats.Game Game ~40
WhfmtFormats.Images Images ~60
WhfmtFormats.IoT IoT ~10
WhfmtFormats.MachineLearning ML ~10
WhfmtFormats.Medical Medical ~15
WhfmtFormats.Network Network ~30
WhfmtFormats.Programming Programming ~25
WhfmtFormats.RomHacking Rom Hacking ~20
WhfmtFormats.Science Science ~15
WhfmtFormats.Subtitles Subtitles ~10
WhfmtFormats.System System ~30
WhfmtFormats.Text Text ~15
WhfmtFormats.Video Video ~40
WhfmtFormats.Virtualization Virtualization ~15

Use only specific formats

Don't need all 856 parsers? Exclude categories or individual files:


<AdditionalFiles Remove="$(NuGetPackageRoot)whfmt.formats\1.0.0\contentFiles\any\any\Formats\Game\**" />


<AdditionalFiles Include="path\to\PNG.whfmt">
  <WhfmtNamespace>MyApp.Parsers</WhfmtNamespace>
  <WhfmtClass>PngParser</WhfmtClass>
</AdditionalFiles>

Override namespace or class name

<AdditionalFiles Update="$(NuGetPackageRoot)whfmt.formats\1.0.0\contentFiles\any\any\Formats\Images\PNG.whfmt">
  <WhfmtNamespace>MyApp.ImageParsers</WhfmtNamespace>
  <WhfmtClass>PngReader</WhfmtClass>
</AdditionalFiles>

Relationship to other whfmt packages

Package Role
whfmt.Formats This package — ships .whfmt definitions as AdditionalFiles
whfmt.SourceGenerator Roslyn generator — turns AdditionalFiles .whfmt into C# parsers
whfmt.FileFormatCatalog Runtime catalog — format matching, detection, metadata queries
whfmt.CodeGen CLI tool — one-shot generation for F#/Rust/VB or outside MSBuild

Requirements

  • .NET SDK 6.0 or later
  • whfmt.SourceGenerator — required to actually generate parsers from these definitions
There are no supported framework assets in this package.

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

This package has no dependencies.

NuGet packages

This package is not used by any NuGet packages.

GitHub repositories

This package is not used by any popular GitHub repositories.

Version Downloads Last Updated
1.0.0 0 5/21/2026