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The best Chokidar alternatives

3 tools that do a similar job to Chokidar, 3 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.

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Chokidar

A Node.js library that watches files and folders and reports adds, changes, and deletions reliably.

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    nodemon

    Open source · MIT · ★ 26.7k

    A wrapper for node that restarts your app automatically when files change.

    Best for: Node.js developers running a web server locally who want fast edit-and-reload cycles; Developers working on scripts in other languages such as Python or Ruby, using the execMap setting

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    Watchman

    Open source · MIT · ★ 13.8k

    Watches files for changes and triggers actions or reports when they happen.

    Best for: Developers who want to run a build or test when source files change; Teams whose tools need fast, reliable notifications about file changes

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    Flysystem

    Open source · MIT · ★ 13.6k

    A PHP library that gives one file API for local disks, cloud storage and other filesystems.

    Best for: PHP developers who need to store files in more than one place; Teams that want to avoid lock-in to a single cloud storage provider

How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Chokidar. We don't take payment for placement.