Command-line tool

chardet

brew/chardet

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Python character encoding detector

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install chardet

macOS

brew install chardet
pipx install chardet

Linux

pipx install chardet

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