minimatch
Glob pattern matching library for file path filtering and pattern-based selections.
Utilities npm BlueOak-1.0.0
Used in agent projects
28
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#78 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
724M
npm, last 7 days, minimatch
GitHub stars
3,526
last push Jul 27, 2026
How minimatch is used
minimatch is a dependency in 28 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #78 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use Vitest (57.1%), Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) (46.4%), Zod (53.6%).
Often used with minimatch
| Vitest | 57.1% of minimatch projects · 4.7× more than average |
|---|---|
| Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) | 46.4% of minimatch projects · 9.8× more than average |
| Zod | 53.6% of minimatch projects · 3.2× more than average |
| TypeScript | 92.9% of minimatch projects · 1.7× more than average |
| tsx | 39.3% of minimatch projects · 4.0× more than average |
| glob | 39.3% of minimatch projects · 39.0× more than average |
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 35.7% of minimatch projects · 4.1× more than average |
| chalk | 35.7% of minimatch projects · 20.4× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.2% 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 minimatch as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install minimatch |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (23), Next.js (3), Python (1), .NET (1) |
| Example projects | lucasvieirasilva/nx-plugins, awslabs/nx-plugin-for-aws, northsh/detection.studio, badlogic/vs-claude, Hive-Academy/ptah-extension |
Alternatives to minimatch
| 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 |