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iqomp/watcher
=============

A composer plugin to run cli script when it detect some file changes

1.1.3(2y ago)13.0kMITPHP

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iqomp/watcher
=============

[](#iqompwatcher)

A composer plugin to run cli script when it detect some file changes on working directory. This plugin really help on developing some application with self server like [swoole](https://www.swoole.co.uk/) where you need to restart the server on every file update.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require iqomp/watcher --dev

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

This module add new composer command named `watch` that will watch for file changes on current directory recursively, and run the provided argument as a script.

```
composer watch "php index.php start" --ignore="runtime" --ignore="cache"
```

Above script will run `php index.php start` on the first run, and watch for file changes in current directory while ignoring directory `runtime` and `cache`relative to current directory. When file changes found, the previous script process get killed and new process is executed.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community7

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 ~301 days

Total

5

Last Release

778d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5726035?v=4)[Iqbal Fauzi](/maintainers/iqbalfn)[@iqbalfn](https://github.com/iqbalfn)

---

Top Contributors

[![iqbalfn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5726035?v=4)](https://github.com/iqbalfn "iqbalfn (5 commits)")

###  Code Quality

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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