Package

is-invalid-path

Returns true if a windows file path has invalid characters.

v1.0.2, 19 Apr 2018MITCommonJSTypes: NoneFiles and file systems

$ npm install is-invalid-path

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 1.8m; -3% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 8 years ago; v1.0.2
GitHub stars: 6; 2 forks
Open issues / PRs: 2 / 1
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.

1,836,054 downloads last week, 8,372,796 in the last month. The 12-month change of -3% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 04 in total
Latest version: 1.0.2, 19 Apr 20188 years ago
First published: 6 May 2015
Last push to GitHub: 31 Aug 20221,485 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 2
Open pull requests: 1
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 46

Major versions

v1 first release 1.0.0, 19 Apr 2018
v0 first release 0.1.0, 6 May 2015

Recent releases

Version	Published
1.0.2	19 Apr 2018
1.0.1	19 Apr 2018
1.0.0	19 Apr 2018
0.1.0	6 May 2015

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=6.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 7.1 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install is-invalid-path

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/is-invalid-path@1.0.2/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/is-invalid-path@1.0.2/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/is-invalid-path@1.0.2

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
is-glob Returns `true` if the given string looks like a glob pattern or an extglob pattern. This makes it easy to create code that only uses external modules like node-glob when necessary, resulting in much faster code execution and initialization time, and a bet	152.5m	-	4 years ago	CommonJS	-
is-extglob Returns true if a string has an extglob.	141.4m	-	9 years ago	CommonJS	-
parse-glob Parse a glob pattern into an object of tokens.	2.4m	-	11 years ago	CommonJS	-
resolve-glob Ensures that absolute file paths are always returned from a glob pattern or array of glob patterns.	20k	-	9 years ago	CommonJS	-
is-valid-glob Return true if a value is a valid glob pattern or patterns.	2.2m	-	9 years ago	CommonJS	-
has-glob Returns `true` if an array has a glob pattern.	623k	-	10 years ago	CommonJS	-
anymatch Matches strings against configurable strings, globs, regular expressions, and/or functions	90.7m	-	3 years ago	-	-
extglob Extended glob support for JavaScript. Adds (almost) the expressive power of regular expressions to glob patterns.	13.4m	-	8 years ago	CommonJS	-

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

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