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luzrain/polyfill-inotify
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Polyfill for the Inotify extension

v1.0.0(1y ago)01.3k3MITPHPPHP >=8.0

Since Aug 29Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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Polyfill / Inotify
==================

[](#polyfill--inotify)

[![PHP >=8.0](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/568d7867a6751717b38089414847e1fa15b210f42bbd11b8cec3cd230921ec6f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f5048502d2533453d382e302d3737376262332e7376673f7374796c653d666c6174)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/568d7867a6751717b38089414847e1fa15b210f42bbd11b8cec3cd230921ec6f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f5048502d2533453d382e302d3737376262332e7376673f7374796c653d666c6174)

This component provides PHP-FFI implementation for the [Inotify](https://www.php.net/inotify) extension.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
$ composer require luzrain/polyfill-inotify
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Documentation is available at

Links
-----

[](#links)

- Source code of [Inotify](https://github.com/arnaud-lb/php-inotify) extension
- Source code that was used as [reference](https://github.com/arnaud-lb/php-inotify-ffi)

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance33

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity45

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

674d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/da2c56ec8b7c2cf812bacbda6f9a0e14a54536f58ef38b8568b3ae997c8f55ad?d=identicon)[luzrain](/maintainers/luzrain)

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Top Contributors

[![luzrain](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25800964?v=4)](https://github.com/luzrain "luzrain (3 commits)")

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Tags

polyfillinotify

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