BurntSushi/walkdir

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

Walkdir is a cross-platform Rust library for efficiently walking a directory tree recursively. It supports following symbolic links, controlling open file descriptor counts, and pruning entries via iterator adapters.

Use cases

• recursively list all files in a directory tree in Rust
• find files matching a pattern across nested directories
• skip hidden files while walking a directory efficiently
• traverse directories following symbolic links
• limit open file descriptors during deep directory traversal
• build a custom file search tool like find

When to choose

• you need fast, idiomatic recursive directory iteration in Rust
• you want fine-grained control over traversal (symlinks, depth, pruning, error handling)
• performance comparable to find/nftw matters

When to avoid

• you need async directory walking
• you only need a one-off shell script where find suffices
• you need glob-based matching built in (use the glob crate alongside)

Facets

library · maturity stable

file-system developer-tools developer-tools files rust cross-platform windows directory-walker iterator filesystem-traversal symlinks command-line linux macos

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