# micromatch/micromatch

Highly optimized wildcard and glob matching library. Faster, drop-in replacement to minimatch and multimatch. Used by square, webpack, babel core, yarn, jest, ract-native, taro, bulma, browser-sync, stylelint, nyc, ava, and many others! Follow micromatch's author: https://github.com/jonschlinkert

Repository: https://github.com/micromatch/micromatch
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/micromatch
Homepage: https://github.com/micromatch
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: glob, glob-pattern, glob-matching, matcher, bash, javascript, multimatch, minimatch, regex, regular-expression, extglob, globbing, wildmat, node-glob, globby, node, micromatch, wildcard, extended-glob, tidelift
Last push: 2024-08-26T23:15:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4293, "days_push": 737, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3035, forks 214 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:39.078306+00:00)

## What it is
A highly optimized JavaScript library for wildcard and glob pattern matching, serving as a faster drop-in replacement for minimatch and multimatch. It supports extended globbing features including extglobs, braces, POSIX bracket expressions, and regex character classes with Bash 4.3 parity.

## Use cases
- match file paths against glob patterns in node.js
- filter lists of filenames with wildcards
- replace minimatch with a faster glob matcher
- match strings using extglobs and brace expansion
- implement ignore/include file patterns in a build tool
- match multiple glob patterns against a list of paths

## When to choose
- you need fast, accurate glob matching in a JavaScript or Node.js project
- you want a drop-in minimatch or multimatch replacement with better performance
- you need extended glob features like extglobs, braces, and POSIX character classes
- you're building tooling that filters files by patterns (linters, bundlers, test runners)

## When to avoid
- you need actual filesystem globbing/walking rather than pattern matching on strings
- you're not working in JavaScript/Node.js
- you need zero dependencies and minimal footprint (consider picomatch instead)

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: parser, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, files
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: glob-matching, wildcard, minimatch-replacement, extglob, pattern-matching, file-filtering, command-line, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- micromatch/micromatch (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:39.078306+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:29:45.588633+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/micromatch/micromatch (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:39.078306+00:00, sha 1df289b93058)
  - homepage: https://github.com/micromatch (fetched 2026-08-29T09:44:51.150509+00:00, sha 52bb4f5c8d2e)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/micromatch (fetched 2026-08-29T09:44:51.159623+00:00, sha afcaff0e794c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.