glob is a widely used npm package simplifying filesystem path matching. Employing wildcard characters, it efficiently retrieves file and directory lists based on specified patterns. Used in build systems, task runners, and CLI tools, glob streamlines file manipulation operations by enabling concise, pattern-based selection, saving significant development time and effort. Its asynchronous and synchronous APIs cater to diverse application requirements. Furthermore, it boasts a wide array of configuration options to fine-tune matching, ensuring accurate and flexible file searching.
The npm package glob has a long release history, with frequent updates between 2011 and 2016, and again from 2023 to 2024. Release frequency decreased significantly after 2016, but picked up again in 2023 with versions in the 9.x and 10.x ranges along with version 11 in 2024 and 2025. The releases are inconsistent with some months having multiple releases.
Glob's npm package downloads show a strong upward trend from February 2024 to July 2025, peaking at over 960 million. There's a significant surge in downloads from June 2025 onwards. August 2025 data captures only partial month downloads which is expected to be lower.
