Package

read-glob

Search files with glob pattern and read them, Observable way

v3.0.0, 26 Feb 2018ISC-Types: NoneFiles and file systems

$ npm install read-glob

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

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.

1,387 downloads last week. The 12-month change of +34% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Module format: -Not determined from package.json
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 7.8 kB
Dependencies (5): graceful-fszen-observableglob-observableinspect-with-kindassert-fs-readfile-option

npm install read-glob

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
@stdlib/fs-read-file Read the entire contents of a file.	345k	-	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	-
parse-glob Parse a glob pattern into an object of tokens.	2.4m	-	11 years ago	CommonJS	-
extglob Extended glob support for JavaScript. Adds (almost) the expressive power of regular expressions to glob patterns.	13.4m	-	8 years ago	CommonJS	-
globby User-friendly glob matching	73.3m	-	1 month ago	ESM only	-
renamer Rename files in bulk	24.4k	-	6 months ago	ESM only	-
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	-

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

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): downloads_week 1387 < 10000.