---
id: pathtools
version: "0.1.2"
license: MIT License
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: dormant
---

# pathtools — File system general utilities

License: permissive · Maintenance: dormant · Downloads: 286.4K/mo

## What it is and 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.

The 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.

Use it for:

- 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.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides pattern matching and utility functions for working with file system paths in a cross-platform way.

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.

## Install

pip install pathtools
uv add pathtools
poetry add pathtools

## Installing pathtools

Before you install: High install friction due to source-only distribution (pathtools-0.1.2.tar.gz). Package is dormant—last release was 2011-08-25 and no commits since 2023-10-24. Maintenance status suggests it is unlikely to receive updates or support.

License in practice: MIT License (permissive) means you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely in both open-source and commercial projects, provided you include the license notice.

Quickstart:

pip install pathtools==0.1.2

import pathtools
# Pattern matching and path utilities available via pathtools module

Source-only distribution (tar.gz) may require a C compiler or build tools on some systems; Python version support is unspecified.

Verify before relying:

- What pattern-matching syntax or API does the package expose (glob, regex, fnmatch, or custom)?
- Does it handle symlinks, relative paths, or other edge cases in path resolution?
- Is Python version support truly unspecified, or does the package have implicit version constraints?

## Package facts

- License: MIT License (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: high
- Maintenance: dormant
- Downloads: 286.4K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

file path pattern matching, filesystem path utilities, path globbing and filtering, cross-platform path tools, pathname utilities library, legacy, dormant

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