Ross ROSS = Recommend OSS · open-source software intelligence for agents

pathikrit/better-files

Simple, safe and intuitive Scala I/O observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/pathikrit/better-files · homepage · Scala · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4008
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 751
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1472 stars · 135 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A dependency-free, pragmatic thin Scala wrapper around Java NIO for simple, safe, and intuitive file I/O. It provides fluent APIs for reading, writing, streaming, gzip compression, and file watching with correct resource management.

Use cases

  • read and write files in scala
  • process large files without loading into memory
  • list and filter files in a directory
  • gzip files in scala
  • watch directories for file changes
  • split large csv files into smaller parts

When to choose

  • you write Scala and want ergonomic file I/O without boilerplate
  • you need safe resource management for streams and writers
  • you want a dependency-free alternative to Java NIO's verbose API

When to avoid

  • you are not on the JVM or not using Scala
  • you need async or non-blocking I/O primitives
  • you only need basic java.nio.file usage and don't mind verbosity

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

file-system serialization compression developer-tools files cross-platform jvm scala java-nio file-io file-watcher scanner

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
pathikrit/better-filesmain32

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="pathikrit/better-files")

Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem