Package

find-file-up

Find a file fast, by starting at the given cwd and recursing up one directory until the file is found or we run out of directories.

v2.0.1, 28 Mar 2018MITCommonJSTypes: NoneFiles and file systems

$ npm install find-file-up

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 3.4m; +20% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 8 years ago; v2.0.1
GitHub stars: 9; 0 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

3,379,510 downloads last week, 17,973,152 in the last month. The 12-month change of +20% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 08 in total
Latest version: 2.0.1, 28 Mar 20188 years ago
First published: 28 Nov 2015
Last push to GitHub: 28 Mar 20183,102 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 24

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 28 Mar 2018
v1 first release 1.0.1, 20 May 2017
v0 first release 0.1.0, 28 Nov 2015

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.0.1	28 Mar 2018
2.0.0	28 Mar 2018
1.0.2	20 May 2017
1.0.1	20 May 2017
0.1.3	18 Jul 2016
0.1.2	5 Jun 2016
0.1.1	20 Dec 2015
0.1.0	28 Nov 2015

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=8
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 8.8 kB
Dependencies (1): resolve-dir

Install

npm install find-file-up

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/find-file-up@2.0.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/find-file-up@2.0.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/find-file-up@2.0.1

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
vfile-find-up vfile utility to find one or more files by searching the file system upwards	41.5k	-	2 years ago	ESM only	-
path-to-glob-pattern Convert file/directory path to glob pattern.	121.9k	-	3 years ago	CommonJS	-
path-complete-extname path.extname implementation adapted to also include multiple dots extensions.	322.1k	-	8 years ago	CommonJS	-
@stdlib/fs-resolve-parent-path Resolve a path by walking parent directories.	542k	-	7 months ago	CommonJS	-
deglob Take a list of glob patterns and return an array of file locations, respecting `.gitignore` and allowing for ignore patterns via `package.json`.	156.9k	-	7 years ago	CommonJS	-
anymatch Matches strings against configurable strings, globs, regular expressions, and/or functions	90.7m	-	3 years ago	-	-
@stdlib/fs-read-file Read the entire contents of a file.	345k	-	7 months ago	CommonJS	-
@stdlib/fs-exists Test whether a path exists on the filesystem.	542k	-	7 months ago	CommonJS	-

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.