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ahmard/swotch
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Swoole File Watcher

0.0.1(5y ago)428MITPHPPHP ^8.0

Since Jun 20Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Swotch
======

[](#swotch)

[Swoole](https://swoole.co.uk) file system changes watcher.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require ahmard/swotch

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

#### Basic Usage

[](#basic-usage)

```
use Swotch\Watcher;

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$paths = [
    __DIR__ . '/app/',
    __DIR__ . '/views/',
];

Watcher::watch($paths)->onAny(function (){
    echo "File changes detected\n";
});
```

#### Swoole Server Integration

[](#swoole-server-integration)

```
use Swoole\Http\Request;
use Swoole\Http\Response;
use Swoole\Http\Server;
use Swotch\Watcher;

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$server = new Server('0.0.0.0', 9000);
$server->on('request', function (Request $request, Response $response) {
    $response->end('Hello world');
});

$server->on('start', function (Server $server) {
    echo "Server started at http://0.0.0.0:9000\n";

    $paths = [
        __DIR__ . '/app/',
        __DIR__ . '/views/',
    ];

    Watcher::watch($paths)->onAny(fn() => $server->reload());
});

$server->start();
```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

Maturing project, gaining track record

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1838d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2b69fe34bd6492697a19cd8f33bde7a381cab0b7f8c0a01dcc7505f482458887?d=identicon)[Ahmard](/maintainers/Ahmard)

---

Tags

php-file-watcherphp-inotifyswooleswoole-watcherswotch

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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