isaacs/node-glob

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

The standard glob library for Node.js that matches files using shell-style patterns. It supports async, sync, and streaming APIs with pattern matching, ignore rules, and cancellation.

Use cases

• find all js files in a project excluding node_modules
• match files using shell glob patterns in node
• stream matching files from multiple directories
• list files by extension recursively
• cancel a long-running file search after a timeout

When to choose

• you need reliable, correct glob pattern matching in Node.js
• you need sync, async, or streaming file matching APIs
• you want a battle-tested, widely used glob implementation

When to avoid

• you are not working in a JavaScript/Node.js environment
• you need extremely fast globbing over huge filesystems and can accept a less correct alternative
• you need recursive file watching rather than one-shot matching

Facets

library · maturity stable

file-system parser developer-tools files developer-tools cross-platform glob file-matching pattern-matching filesystem-walk command-line nodejs

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