mrmlnc/fast-glob

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2823 stars · 141 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

fast-glob is a fast and efficient glob matching library for Node.js that traverses the file system and returns paths matching Unix shell-style patterns. It supports multiple and negative patterns, and offers synchronous, Promise, and Stream APIs.

Use cases

• find all files matching a glob pattern in node.js
• recursively list files in a directory with wildcards
• exclude files with negative glob patterns
• fast alternative to node-glob
• get file paths for a build tool
• match files with brace expansion and globstar patterns

When to choose

• you need the fastest available glob implementation for Node.js
• you need sync, promise, or stream APIs for file matching
• you need multiple and negative pattern support with rich options

When to avoid

• you are not working in Node.js
• you need results in a guaranteed sorted order (results are arbitrary order)
• you need full Bash glob semantics without simplifications

Facets

library · maturity stable

file-system search-engine developer-tools developer-tools files cross-platform glob pattern-matching filesystem-traversal wildcard readdir command-line nodejs

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