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.whl
Python wheel, the standard built-package distribution format installed by pip for Python libraries
Dedicated rendererFormat facts
- MIME type
- application/x-wheel
- Apple UTI
- custom
- Stock Quick Look
- a ZIP-based container
- Planned approach (census)
- special-renderer
- Icon hint
- generic-icon
- Prevalence
- universal
Renderer note (from the census)
parse ZIP for METADATA file
Census note
Python devs share wheels; native macOS shows a generic zip icon instead of package metadata.
Gotchas: Python package