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amad/watcher
============

Run arbitrary command on file change. watch-and-runner

1.0.1(9y ago)1941[1 issues](https://github.com/amad/watcher/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.5.9

Since Oct 26Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Watcher
=======

[](#watcher)

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Watcher is simple tools to run your arbitrary command on file changes.

```
$ watcher   ()...

```

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

[](#installation)

```
$ composer global require amad/watcher

```

Example Usage
-------------

[](#example-usage)

```
$ watcher phpunit ./

```

```
$ watcher 'clear && phpunit -c phpunit.xml' src/ tests/

```

```
$ watcher 'docker run unitests' src/ tests/

```

```
$ watcher 'docker exec project-container behat' src/ tests/features/

```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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

Every ~21 days

Total

2

Last Release

3513d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/48733?v=4)[Ahmad Samiei](/maintainers/Amad)[@amad](https://github.com/amad)

---

Top Contributors

[![amad](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/48733?v=4)](https://github.com/amad "amad (2 commits)")

---

Tags

resourcewatcherwatchwatch-and-runner

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/amad-watcher/health.svg)

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```

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