graceful-fs enhances Node.js's built-in fs module to handle common errors more gracefully. It retries operations on EMFILE (too many open files) errors, improving reliability in scenarios with high file I/O concurrency. This package also addresses other file system quirks and inconsistencies across platforms, providing a more robust and predictable file system API. Using graceful-fs helps prevent application crashes and ensures smoother operation, especially in file-intensive applications.
The graceful-fs npm package has been intermittently released since July 2011. Releases were most frequent in 2011-2012 and 2014-2016, with occasional updates since. Version 4.x has been the primary focus since mid-2015, with the latest release being version 4.2.11 in March 2023. There have been no releases in 2024 and 2025.
Graceful-fs downloads show a general upward trend from February 2024 to July 2025, with a significant jump in June and July 2025. August 2025 downloads are significantly lower, but the month is not yet complete, making trend analysis difficult.
