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edgedesign/overseer
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Overseer is simple-to-use tool for watching files and sending new content in them via e-mail messages.

v0.5.0(10y ago)019MITPHP

Since Oct 24Pushed 10y ago4 watchersCompare

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Overseer
========

[](#overseer)

[![Dependency Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/61357dca344c314cfb41b3be619299587a293f9fb24a554c65d6fc586477f2c4/68747470733a2f2f7777772e76657273696f6e6579652e636f6d2f757365722f70726f6a656374732f3535633330653539363533373632303032303030323938392f62616467652e7376673f7374796c653d666c6174)](https://www.versioneye.com/user/projects/55c30e596537620020002989)

Overseer is simple-to-use tool for watching files and sending new content in them via e-mail messages.

\## Requirements

- PHP 5.3
- enabled PHP function `passthru`
- CLI commands `diff` and `grep`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1. Clone repository: `git clone git@github.com:EdgedesignCZ/Overseer.git`
2. Copy default configuration: `cp config/config.default.ini config/config.ini`
3. Configure overseer: `nano config/config.ini`
4. Install: `composer install --no-dev`
5. Add cron task:

```
*/5    *       *       *       *       php -f /home/myself/overseer/overseer.php 1> /dev/null

```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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 ~95 days

Total

4

Last Release

3939d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6468a80f26006dc63218995f4d7b3c0ce335769c276f373f9522ca94a9ad7c43?d=identicon)[edgedesigncz](/maintainers/edgedesigncz)

---

Top Contributors

[![zdenekdrahos](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7994022?v=4)](https://github.com/zdenekdrahos "zdenekdrahos (21 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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