# datastore-fs

> Datastore implementation with file system backend

Latest version **12.0.1** (published 2026-05-11) · Apache-2.0 OR MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install datastore-fs
pnpm add datastore-fs
yarn add datastore-fs
bun add datastore-fs
```

## Health

**Score 70/100 (B)** — status: active.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; high maintenance score; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 12.0.1 |
| Published | 2026-05-11 |
| First published | 2017-03-15 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM |
| Dependencies | 9 |
| Unpacked size | 33.5 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 38 |
| Author | Friedel Ziegelmayer |
| Maintainers | achingbrain, npm-service-account-ipfs |
| Keywords | datastore, fs, interface, ipfs, key-value |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/datastore-fs
- Repository: https://github.com/ipfs/js-stores
- Homepage: https://github.com/ipfs/js-stores/tree/main/packages/datastore-fs#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/ipfs/js-stores/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/datastore-fs

## Dependencies (9)

- [steno](https://npm.io/package/steno.md) ^4.0.2
- [it-map](https://npm.io/package/it-map.md) ^3.1.4
- [it-glob](https://npm.io/package/it-glob.md) ^3.0.4
- [abort-error](https://npm.io/package/abort-error.md) ^1.0.2
- [race-signal](https://npm.io/package/race-signal.md) ^2.0.0
- [datastore-core](https://npm.io/package/datastore-core.md) ^12.0.0
- [interface-store](https://npm.io/package/interface-store.md) ^8.0.0
- [it-parallel-batch](https://npm.io/package/it-parallel-batch.md) ^3.0.9
- [interface-datastore](https://npm.io/package/interface-datastore.md) ^10.0.0

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## Recent versions

- 12.0.1 (latest) — 2026-05-11
- 12.0.0 — 2026-05-11
- 11.0.4 — 2026-04-20
- 11.0.3 — 2026-04-10
- 11.0.2 — 2025-10-03
- 11.0.1 — 2025-10-03
- 11.0.0 — 2025-10-03
- 10.0.6 — 2025-09-02
- 10.0.5 — 2025-09-02
- 10.0.4 — 2025-05-28
- 10.0.3 — 2025-05-26
- 10.0.2 — 2024-09-17
- 10.0.1 — 2024-09-13
- 10.0.0 — 2024-08-02
- 9.1.9 — 2024-08-01
- … 42 more at https://npm.io/package/datastore-fs/versions

## README

## ⚠️ Deprecation Warning

**This package is deprecated. Instead, use `datastore-level` in Node.js, and `datastore-idb` in browsers.**

# datastore-fs

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> Datastore implementation with file system backend

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A Datastore implementation with a file system backend.

## Example

```js
import { FsDatastore } from 'datastore-fs'

const store = new FsDatastore('path/to/store')
```

# Install

```console
$ npm i datastore-fs
```

# API Docs

- <https://ipfs.github.io/js-stores/modules/datastore-fs.html>

# License

Licensed under either of

- Apache 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](https://github.com/ipfs/js-stores/blob/main/packages/datastore-fs/LICENSE-APACHE) / <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>)
- MIT ([LICENSE-MIT](https://github.com/ipfs/js-stores/blob/main/packages/datastore-fs/LICENSE-MIT) / <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>)

# Contribute

Contributions welcome! Please check out [the issues](https://github.com/ipfs/js-stores/issues).

Also see our [contributing document](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING_JS.md) for more information on how we work, and about contributing in general.

Please be aware that all interactions related to this repo are subject to the IPFS [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

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