watchman

by facebook · Developer Tools

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

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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 Python, Rust, and JavaScript…

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Latest releasev2026.09.07.00
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LicenseMIT
On GitHubsince 2012

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