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is-dotfile

Return true if a file path is (or has) a dotfile. Returns false if the path is a dot directory.

v2.0.0, 30 May 2017MITCommonJSTypes: NoneFiles and file systems
$ npm install is-dotfile

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
2.4m
-15% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
1
Direct, from package.json
Last release
9 years ago
v2.0.0
GitHub stars
14
1 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 0
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
01m2m3m4mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 4m (25 Nov 2025)Low 1.2m (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

2,442,178 downloads last week, 9,040,543 in the last month. The 12-month change of -15% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
07 in total
Latest version
2.0.0, 30 May 20179 years ago
First published
22 Jan 2015
Last push to GitHub
30 May 20173,404 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
0
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
161

Major versions

  1. v2 first release 2.0.0, 30 May 2017
  2. v1 first release 1.0.0, 24 Jan 2015
  3. v0 first release 0.1.0, 22 Jan 2015

Recent releases

VersionPublished
2.0.030 May 2017
1.0.330 May 2017
1.0.220 Oct 2015
1.0.125 May 2015
1.0.024 Jan 2015
0.1.122 Jan 2015
0.1.022 Jan 2015
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=0.10.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
-
Dependencies (1)
dotfile-regex
npm install is-dotfile
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/is-dotfile@2.0.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/is-dotfile@2.0.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/is-dotfile@2.0.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.