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Poltergeist – universal hot-reload and file-watching tool

Poltergeist is a universal hot-reload and file-watching tool that automatically rebuilds projects when files change.

fswatch is a cross-platform command-line utility and frontend to libfswatch that reports changes to files and directories as they happen.

This article spotlights alternatives tools to watch. The software featured here is free and open source goodness.

rwatch repeatedly executes commands with output diff highlighting, configurable intervals, ANSI colours and change-based exit rules.

reflex watches filesystem changes and reruns commands using glob or regex filters, service restarts and multi-command configuration.

wfh watches local development files and synchronises modifications to a remote host using rsync for editing locally and building remotely.

watchexec monitors filesystem changes and reruns commands with file filters, ignore rules, debouncing, process control and notifications.

watcher monitors directory changes and reruns commands with ignore rules, startup execution, delays and long-running process support.

chokidar-cli watches files and folders using glob patterns, triggers commands on changes, and offers debouncing, ignoring and polling modes.

viddy is a modern terminal watch command with output history, time travel, colour highlighting, search and customisable keybindings.

neowatch repeatedly runs commands with configurable intervals, highlighted output differences, numeric change tracking and exit conditions.

hwatch reruns commands in a terminal with timestamped output history, diff views, scrollback, JSON logging and change-triggered hooks.