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blacknell/watchdog
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Simple watchdog to keep a process alive

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Watchdog
========

[](#watchdog)

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A simple watchdog to monitor and keep alive a process. Your process should update a watch file such as `/var/tmp/myprocess.watchdog` at regular intervals. The watchdog checks this is being updated and if not assumes it is hung. The watchdog then attempts to kill any matching prcoesses and restart a new one.

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

[](#installation)

Install the latest version with

```
composer require blacknell/watchdog

```

Sample code
-----------

[](#sample-code)

See [example/wrapper.php](https://github.com/blacknell/watchdog/blob/master/example/wrapper.php)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Run from within crontab at an interval less frequent than the watchdog file update rate. `*/5 * * * * sudo /usr/bin/php /home/pi/heating/watchdog.php > /dev/null 2>&1`

Logging
-------

[](#logging)

PSR-3 logging is supported via [monolog/monolog](https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog) by passing an optional `Logger` object to the API constructor.

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance58

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~100 days

Recently: every ~51 days

Total

12

Last Release

1591d ago

Major Versions

0.2 → 1.02019-06-06

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8863732?v=4)[Paul Blacknell](/maintainers/blacknell)[@blacknell](https://github.com/blacknell)

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Top Contributors

[![blacknell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8863732?v=4)](https://github.com/blacknell "blacknell (35 commits)")

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