JohnSundell/Files

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

Files is a compact Swift library offering a modern, object-oriented API for reading, writing, and managing files and folders, wrapping Foundation's FileManager. It is aimed primarily at Swift scripting and tooling but can also be embedded in apps.

Use cases

• iterate over files in a folder in a swift script
• rename files in a folder programmatically
• recursively walk a folder tree in swift
• create, write, and delete files and folders
• move files between folders in a command line tool
• access system folders like home and documents in swift

When to choose

• you write Swift scripts or command line tools that manipulate the file system
• you want a cleaner, object-oriented alternative to raw FileManager APIs
• you need unified do-try-catch error handling for file operations

When to avoid

• you need advanced file system features like watching, permissions, or streaming I/O
• your project is not written in Swift
• you need cross-language file handling outside the Apple/Linux Swift ecosystem

Facets

library · maturity stable

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