#xattrs
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #xattrs from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-27 14:37 UTC1 uses by 1 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-27 14:37 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #xattrs.
Live pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-27 14:37 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 16 public posts (spanning ~13768 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 20:00
Languages: English (15) · German (1)
Avg boosts / post: 0.3
Top of the latest posts
@archivist_Liz @Thorsted Not actually hands-on-familiar with DS_Store files (just see Macs dropping them all over on any storage they may write to 😉) However, during my research for #AHAlodeck and objects storage, I've read Mac puts #xattr
Does iCloud Drive now lose almost all metadata? 최근 테스트 결과, 애플의 iCloud Drive가 거의 모든 확장 속성(xattrs) 메타데이터를 동기화 과정에서 보존하지 않는 것으로 확인됐다. Finder 태그와 특정 S 플래그가 붙은 커스텀 xattrs만 유지되며, EXIF 같은 파일 내 메타데이터는 보존된다. iCloud Drive는 파일 제공자(File Provider) 프레임워크
@Thorsted @chronodm @archivist_Liz The real-world tests @beet_keeper, my friend Tom and I run on different FS and tools, and publishing our findings, hopefully helps to put more attention on handling and preserving #xattrs: It's great fun!
What “xattrs” means
WikipediaExtended file attributes are file system features that enable users to associate computer files with metadata not interpreted by the filesystem, whereas regular attributes have a purpose strictly defined by the filesystem. Unlike forks, which can usually be as large as the maximum file size, extended attributes are usually limited in size to a value significantly smaller than the maximum file size. Typical uses include storing the author of a document, the character encoding of a plain-text docu
“Extended file attributes” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#xattrs across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #xattrs straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/xattrs