Welcome to DROID
What's new Information collected License Frequently Asked Questions

DROID is a tool to help you analyse what kinds of files you have.  It collects information about your files into profiles, and lets you filter, export and report on your results.  It recognises file formats by using ‘signature’ information provided by digital preservation researchers at The National Archives.  

      To begin using DROID:
 Once you have some results:  
 

  Create a new profile

  Choose files and folders

  Run your profile

 Filter your results

  Create a summary report

  Export your results

 

 

You can also open or save existing profiles, update your file format signatures, or change your profiling preferences.   DROID can be controlled by a graphical user interface or using a command-line.  For frequently asked questions and troubleshooting, please read the Frequently Asked Questions.

If you would like to provide suggestions, bug reports or feedback on DROID, please e-mail pronom@nationalarchives.gov.uk, or you can use the discussion forum, or submit an issue via GitHub.  The latest version is available from the DROID web page.  

It runs on Windows, Mac and Linux, and potentially on other platforms that support applications written in Java, from Java 7 update 80 onwards. It may also run on some earlier versions of the Java runtime, but this is not guaranteed.

 

What's new Information collected License Frequently Asked Questions