# jaraco/path

Object-oriented file system path manipulation

Repository: https://github.com/jaraco/path
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/path
Language: Python
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-04-13T23:34:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 57/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 77, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5247, "days_push": 142, "days_rel": 402, "gap_med": 211, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1124, forks 151 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:40.855842+00:00)

## What it is
A Python library providing object-oriented file system path manipulation, where Path objects are first-class str subclasses with rich methods for file operations. It offers quality-of-life features beyond pathlib such as rmtree, TempDir, and advanced walk/chmod behavior.

## Use cases
- manipulate file paths as objects in python
- glob and process files in a directory
- temporarily change working directory in python
- replace pathlib with a more convenient path library
- write file cleanup scripts in python

## When to choose
- you want Path objects usable directly as strings with legacy APIs
- you need convenience methods like rmtree, remove_p, and TempDir beyond pathlib
- you prefer a fluent, object-oriented interface over os.path

## When to avoid
- you only need the standard library and pathlib suffices
- you need PEP 519 PathLike interop with modern APIs only
- you require a project with an explicit open-source license

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: file-system
- domain: developer-tools, files
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: path-manipulation, pathlib-alternative, object-oriented-filesystem

## Member repositories
- jaraco/path (main) score 57

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:40.855842+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 2026-08-30T06:39:49.932715+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jaraco/path (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:40.855842+00:00, sha 39110336dd35)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/path/json (fetched 2026-08-29T12:44:15.776495+00:00, sha 14d1f885d551)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.