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UTF.Unknown

Detect character set for files, streams and other bytes. This package is based on Ude and since version 2 also on uchardet, which are ports of the Mozilla Universal Charset Detector. Features: - Easy to use API - Supports frameworks: - .NET 6 (Will be dropped in the future) - .NET 8 - .NET Standard 2.0 - Strong named - XML documentation included Compared to Ude: - Refactor of API, namespaces and deadcode removal - Added some docs - Improve error handling - Improved unit tests

Total Downloads
8.7M
8,702,238
Published
Aug 6, 2025
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package UTF.Unknown --version 2.6.0
Package Manager Console
Install-Package UTF.Unknown -Version 2.6.0
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="UTF.Unknown" Version="2.6.0" />

Frameworks

net6.0 net8.0 .NETStandard2.0

Dependencies

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