--- title: Node.js Virtual File System | daily.dev description: Node.js is getting a virtual file system (VFS) feature via an open PR. Matteo Collina, a Node.js core team member, explains the motivation behind this addition... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-virtual-file-system-ymkejo6oz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Node.js Virtual File System | daily.dev og:description: Node.js is getting a virtual file system (VFS) feature via an open PR. Matteo Collina, a Node.js core team member, explains the motivation behind this addition... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-virtual-file-system-ymkejo6oz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yMkEJO6Oz.png og:image:alt: Node.js Virtual File System og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Node.js Virtual File System **[Node.js developers](https://daily.dev/sources/nodejsdevelopers)** · [@pavl_ro](https://daily.dev/pavl_ro) · 1 min read · 8 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Node.js is getting a virtual file system (VFS) feature via an open PR. Matteo Collina, a Node.js core team member, explains the motivation behind this addition and why the Node.js ecosystem needs it in a linked blog post on the Platformatic blog. ## Content Node.js is soon to get a virtual file system with [this PR](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/61478) landing Learn more about the feature and Node.js ecosystem needs it in the blog post for the author and the Node.js core team member, Matteo Collina [Blog post link](https://blog.platformatic.dev/why-nodejs-needs-a-virtual-file-system) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [NodeJS Proposes Built-In Virtual File System, Sparking Debate Over AI-Generated Contributions](https://daily.dev/posts/nodejs-proposes-built-in-virtual-file-system-sparking-debate-over-ai-generated-contributions-jyuighhwf) · InfoQ · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Node.js — Node.js 26.4.0 \(Current\)](https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-node-js-26-4-0-current--oee6dtjav) · Node.js · 75 upvotes · 4 comments - [Issue \#630: Node.js 26.4 lands package maps — Node Weekly](https://daily.dev/posts/issue-630-node-js-26-4-lands-package-maps-node-weekly-j67oogyn0) · Node Weekly · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-virtual-file-system-ymkejo6oz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/node-js-virtual-file-system-ymkejo6oz","headline":"Node.js Virtual File System","text":"Node.js is getting a virtual file system (VFS) feature via an open PR. 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