fast-glob is a blazing-fast globbing library for Node.js. It efficiently searches the file system for files and directories using patterns. Offering significant performance improvements over standard glob implementations, it minimizes disk I/O and leverages concurrency. Ideal for projects needing rapid file discovery, fast-glob supports advanced features like brace expansion, globstar wildcards, and exclusion patterns. Its simple API makes it easy to integrate into build tools, scripts, and other applications requiring fast and reliable file matching.
Fast-glob's release frequency peaked in 2018 and 2019. The most releases in a single month were in February 2018 (4 releases), and June 2019 (4 releases). After 2019, the release frequency slowed down significantly. There were no releases between August 2024 and June 2025. The last recorded release was version 3.3.3 in January 2025.
Fast-glob downloads show a generally increasing trend from February 2024 to July 2025, peaking at approximately 349 million in June 2025. August 2025 downloads are significantly lower at 250 million, but this represents incomplete data for the month.
