Stebalien/tempfile

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1459 stars · 152 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A secure, cross-platform Rust library for creating and managing temporary files and directories. It supports anonymous temporary files, named temporary files, and securely opening multiple independent references to the same temporary file, with automatic cleanup on drop.

Use cases

• create temporary files in rust
• securely manage temp files that auto-delete
• create named temporary files with a known path
• create temporary directories for test fixtures
• share a temporary file between producer and consumer safely
• cross-platform temp file handling including wasm/wasi

When to choose

• you need secure, race-free temporary file creation in Rust
• you want automatic cleanup of temp files on drop
• you need cross-platform support including BSDs, Android, and WASI
• you need multiple independent handles to the same temp file

When to avoid

• you need temporary files in a non-Rust project
• you need long-lived files that survive program aborts (NamedTempFile cleanup can be skipped if destructors don't run)
• your environment has pathological temp-directory cleaners and you rely on named paths

Facets

library · maturity stable

file-system security testing developer-tools files cross-platform rust windows bsd wasm cross-platform tempfile temporary-files temporary-directories filesystem rust-crate linux macos android ios

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