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octopyid/laravel-inotify
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Laravel filesystem watcher

v1.0.1(3y ago)13631MITPHPPHP ^8.0

Since May 16Pushed 2y agoCompare

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Lara Inotify
============

[](#lara-inotify)

Lara Inotify is a wrapper for [inotify](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.inotify.php) for Laravel to make it easier to watch filesystem and avoid memory leaks.

Requirement
-----------

[](#requirement)

- [PHP v8.x](https://www.php.net/downloads/)
    - [ext-pcntl](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.pcntl.php)
    - [ext-inotify](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.inotify.php)
- [Laravel v8.x](https://laravel.com/)

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

[](#installation)

To install the package, simply follow the steps below.

Install the package using Composer:

```
$ composer require octopyid/laravel-inotify

$ artisan vendor:publish --provider="Octopy\Inotify\InotifyServiceProvider"

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

See [WIKI](https://github.com/OctopyID/LaraInotify/wiki) for more details.

```
use Octopy\Inotify\Inotify;
use Octopy\Inotify\Contract\Event;
use Octopy\Inotify\Contract\Watcher;

$inotify = new Inotify('foo.txt');

$inotify->event(function (Event $event) {

    $event->on(IN_MODIFY, function (Watcher $watcher) {
        // do something
    });

    $event->on(IN_DELETE, function (Watcher $watcher) {
        // do something
    });

    // see : https://www.php.net/manual/en/inotify.constants.php for more events.
});

$inotify->watch();
```

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Supian M](https://github.com/SupianIDz)
- [Octopy ID](https://github.com/OctopyID)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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 ~408 days

Total

2

Last Release

1414d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37969970?v=4)[Supian M](/maintainers/SupianIDz)[@SupianIDz](https://github.com/SupianIDz)

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Top Contributors

[![SupianIDz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37969970?v=4)](https://github.com/SupianIDz "SupianIDz (12 commits)")

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Tags

file-watcherinotifyfilesystemlaravelwatcher

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