fast-glob
High-performance glob pattern matching library for Node.js file system operations.
Utilities npm MIT
Used in agent projects
30
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#73 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
157M
npm, last 7 days, fast-glob
GitHub stars
2,826
last push Oct 6, 2026
How fast-glob is used
fast-glob is a dependency in 30 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #73 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use Vitest (56.7%), Zod (56.7%), chalk (40.0%).
Often used with fast-glob
| Vitest | 56.7% of fast-glob projects · 4.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| Zod | 56.7% of fast-glob projects · 3.3× more than average |
| chalk | 40.0% of fast-glob projects · 22.9× more than average |
| Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) | 36.7% of fast-glob projects · 7.7× more than average |
| tsx | 36.7% of fast-glob projects · 3.7× more than average |
| TypeScript | 80.0% of fast-glob projects |
| Prettier | 43.3% of fast-glob projects · 2.5× more than average |
| Husky | 26.7% of fast-glob projects · 4.2× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list fast-glob as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install fast-glob |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (29), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | primer/react, c15t/c15t, wesbos/wesbos, Khan/wonder-blocks, awslabs/nx-plugin-for-aws |
Alternatives to fast-glob
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| clsx npm Tiny utility for conditionally constructing className strings. |
2,251 (17.7%) | 126M | 9,847 | MIT |
| date-fns npm Modern JavaScript date utility library with comprehensive formatting functions. |
1,079 (8.5%) | 97.6M | 36.6K | MIT |
| uuid npm Generate RFC9562 compliant UUIDs for unique identifiers in applications. |
454 (3.6%) | 296M | 15.3K | MIT |
| PyYAML pypi YAML parser and emitter for reading and writing YAML configuration files. |
385 (3.0%) | 239M | 2,954 | MIT |
| Lodash npm Modular utility library with methods for common programming tasks and data manipulation. |
269 (2.1%) | 162M | 61.4K | MIT |
| bn.js npm Big number library for handling arbitrary-precision integers in JavaScript. |
217 (1.7%) | 62.1M | 1,230 | MIT |
| python-dateutil pypi Extensions to Python's datetime module for advanced date and time manipulation. |
165 (1.3%) | 233M | 2,638 | Dual License |
| yaml npm JavaScript YAML parser and stringifier with full spec compliance. |
164 (1.3%) | 179M | 1,693 | ISC |