@cross/fs

A cross-runtime utility library offering best practices for file system operations in JavaScript and TypeScript. Available for Node.js, Deno, Bun, and browsers at jsr.io/@cross/fs.

Automated testing across Node.js (>=18), Deno, and Bun ensures cross-runtime reliability of all included methods. The library includes useful convenience functions such as which, find, diskusage, size and hash. It uses selected parts of node:fs/promises as a foundation for core operations, strategically diverging to offer performance optimizations or broader compatibility.

For cross rutime path operations, jsr.io/@std/path will cover most scenarios, this library focuses on the file system operations.

Modules

Stat

Example:

import { exists, find, hash, which } from "@cross/fs/stat";

// Check if my/file exists
console.log(await exists("my/file"));
// false

// Search for package.json recursively, starting from parent folder
console.log(await find("../", (path) => path.endsWith("package.json")));
// ["/home/.../package.json","/home/.../.../package.json"]

// Get the sha256 hash of a file
console.log(await hash("LICENSE.md", "sha256"));
// f8c9819eb0c322eef28a0d0948877df068276f487b81326af842d3a20e7c9bbc

// Find the installation folder of bun
console.log(await which("bun"));
// /home/hexagon/.bun/bin/bun

Methods:

Method	Deno	Node	Bun	Base implementation
stat	X	X	X	runtime native
lstat	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
exists	X	X	X	custom
isDir	X	X	X	custom
isFile	X	X	X	custom
isSymlink	X	X	X	custom
size	X	X	X	custom
find	X	X	X	custom
diskusage	X	X	X	custom
hash	X	X	X	custom
which	X	X	X	custom

Io

Example:

import { readFile } from "@cross/fs/io";

console.log(await readFile("my/file"));
// -> My file content

Methods:

Method	Deno	Node	Bun	Base implementation
appendFile	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
readFile	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
writeFile	X	X	X	node:fs/promises

Ops

Example:

import { dirpath, mktempdir } from "@cross/fs/ops";

console.log(await mktempdir("my-prefix"));
// -> /tmp/my-prefix-luaepc2x-74plp8j8tf7-gzaurxst88g

console.log(await dirpath("config"));
// -> /home/user/.config

Methods:

Method	Deno	Node	Bun	Base implementation
FsWatcher	X	X	X	custom
unlink	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
dirpath	X	X	X	@cross/dir
mkdir	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
cwd	X	X	X	custom
chdir	X	X	X	custom
mktempdir	X	X	X	custom
rm	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
rmdir	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
cp	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
tempfile	X	X	X	custom
link	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
unlink	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
readdir	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
readlink	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
rename	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
chmod	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
chown	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
rename	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
truncate	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
open	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
access	X	X	X	node:fs/promises
constants	X	X	X	node:fs/promises

Types:

Method	Deno	Node	Bun	Base implementation
FSWatcher	X	X	X	node:fs/promises

Examples:

const watcher = FsWatcher();
for await (const event of watcher.watch(tempdir)) {
  if (event.kind === "modify" && filePath == event.paths[0]) {
    console.log(event);
    break; // Stop watching after the first creation event
  }
}
watcher.close();