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safefs

Stop getting EMFILE errors! Open only as many files as the operating system supports.

v8.10.0, 2 Jan 2024Artistic-2.0CommonJSTypes: NoneFiles and file systemsNode.js utilities
$ npm install safefs

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
91.3k
-30% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
2
Direct, from package.json
Last release
2 years ago
v8.10.0
GitHub stars
7
3 forks
Open issues / PRs
2 / 1
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
15

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
050k100k150k200kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 193.8k (21 Apr 2026)Low 82.1k (11 Aug 2026)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

91,341 downloads last week, 460,944 in the last month. The 12-month change of -30% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
-
Latest version
8.10.0, 2 Jan 20242 years ago
First published
-
Last push to GitHub
13 Sept 202612 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
2
Open pull requests
1
Commits, last 52 weeks
15
Dependents on npm
18

Major versions

-

Recent releases

-

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=4
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
36 kB
Dependencies (2)
graceful-fsversion-compare
npm install safefs
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/safefs@8.10.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/safefs@8.10.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/safefs@8.10.0
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
path-complete-extname322.1k-8 years agoCommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.