sindresorhus/globby

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2650 stars · 139 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A Node.js library providing user-friendly glob matching for files and directories, built on fast-glob with a Promise API. It adds conveniences like multiple and negated patterns, directory expansion, and .gitignore support.

Use cases

• find files matching glob patterns in nodejs
• exclude files from glob results with negated patterns
• respect .gitignore when listing project files
• expand a directory path to all files inside it
• match multiple wildcard patterns at once
• get a promise-based list of matching file paths

When to choose

• you need glob file matching in Node.js with a clean Promise API
• you want .gitignore-aware file discovery
• you need multiple patterns with negation in one call

When to avoid

• you need synchronous-only matching without promises
• you are not in a Node.js environment
• you need extremely fine-grained control that fast-glob exposes directly

Facets

library · maturity stable

file-system parser developer-tools developer-tools files cross-platform glob globbing wildcard-matching gitignore promise-api fast-glob file-matching command-line nodejs

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