PyFilesystem/pyfilesystem2

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2107 stars · 187 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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PyFilesystem2 is a Python library providing a unified abstraction layer over filesystems, letting code work identically on OS directories, zip archives, FTP servers, and more via FS objects. It offers a consistent API for walking, opening, copying, and manipulating files regardless of the underlying storage.

Use cases

• write code that works on local files, zip archives, and ftp servers without changes
• count lines of python code recursively in a directory
• copy files between a local folder and a zip archive
• abstract filesystem access behind a single interface
• walk and filter files across different storage backends
• open a filesystem from a url like zip:// or ftp://

When to choose

• you need storage-agnostic file operations in python
• your code must work across local disks, archives, and remote servers with one api
• you want a clean, well-documented filesystem abstraction layer

When to avoid

• you only need simple local file io covered by pathlib or os
• you need async filesystem operations
• you need exotic backends not covered by pyfilesystem's openers or extensions

Facets

library · maturity stable

file-system developer-tools files python cross-platform filesystem-abstraction zip ftp tar virtual-filesystem

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