{"categories":[{"label":"Libraries","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries/6"},{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/7"},{"label":"Filesystems","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/system-filesystems"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides pattern matching and utility functions for working with file system paths in a cross-platform way.","skillfed_tags":["legacy","dormant"],"use_cases":["Building file filtering or selection logic that needs to match paths against patterns in a portable way.","Implementing watch or monitor tools that need to identify which files match certain path criteria.","Writing build or deployment scripts that manipulate and match file paths across different operating systems.","Creating test utilities that need to locate or filter test files by path pattern."],"what_it_does":"pathtools is a utility library for pattern matching and general-purpose file system path operations. It provides cross-platform abstractions for working with file paths, likely including utilities for matching paths against patterns and manipulating path strings.\n\nThe package has been dormant since its 2011 release and receives no active maintenance. While it carries no known security vulnerabilities and is licensed permissively under MIT, its age and lack of recent activity mean it may not handle modern file system features or edge cases, and you should verify that its API and behavior match your needs before depending on it in new projects.","worth_installing":"No, unless you are maintaining legacy code that already depends on it. The package is dormant (last release 2011, no maintenance since 2023), has high install friction due to source-only distribution, and offers no documentation or active support. Modern Python projects should use pathlib (standard library) or more actively maintained alternatives for path operations."},"id":"pathtools","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pathtools","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pathtools.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/pathtools/"},"maintenance":{"status":"dormant"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2011-08-25","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"pathtools","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"File system general utilities"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":286404,"position":8043,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.1.2"}