https://github.com/facebook/watchman

Watches files and records, or triggers actions, when they change.
https://github.com/facebook/watchman

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Watches files and records, or triggers actions, when they change.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/facebook/watchman
• Owner: facebook
• License: mit
• Created: 2012-11-29T23:35:52.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-12-05T17:45:36.000Z (7 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-05T18:07:13.296Z (7 days ago)
• Language: C++
• Homepage: https://facebook.github.io/watchman/
• Size: 30.6 MB
• Stars: 12,798
• Watchers: 259
• Forks: 995
• Open Issues: 235
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.markdown
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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README

        


 

 
Watchman

 
A file watching service.



## Purpose

Watchman exists to watch files and record when they actually change. It can

also trigger actions (such as rebuilding assets) when matching files change.

## Documentation

Head on over to https://facebook.github.io/watchman/

## License

Watchman is made available under the terms of the MIT License. See the

LICENSE file that accompanies this distribution for the full text of the

license.

## Support

Watchman is primarily maintained by the source control team at Meta Platforms, Inc. We support:

* Windows and macOS builds

* Linux builds on recent Ubuntu and Fedora releases

* Watchman's [compatibility commitment](https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/compatibility.html)

* Python, Rust, and JavaScript clients

Support for additional operating systems, release packaging, and language bindings is community-maintained:

* Homebrew

* FreeBSD

* Solaris

Please submit a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/facebook/watchman/issues/) to report any troubles.

## Contributing

Please see the [contributing document](CONTRIBUTING.md).