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rx/fswatch
==========

Library for monitoring file changes with RxPHP

0.0.3(8y ago)77911MITPHP

Since Jul 24Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/RxPHP/RxFsWatch)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/rx/fswatch)[ RSS](/packages/rx-fswatch/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelog (3)Dependencies (2)Versions (4)Used By (1)

File Watcher Component
======================

[](#file-watcher-component)

Watch files for changes with RxPHP

Requires [fswatch](https://github.com/emcrisostomo/fswatch) to be installed.

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% 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 ~165 days

Total

3

Last Release

3245d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/97c5ea11cb85867441e824660b316d8c4c081400e21781c56bb561f1f5b0bb87?d=identicon)[davidwdan](/maintainers/davidwdan)

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Top Contributors

[![davidwdan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4969183?v=4)](https://github.com/davidwdan "davidwdan (6 commits)")[![AydinHassan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2817002?v=4)](https://github.com/AydinHassan "AydinHassan (1 commits)")

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Tags

reactphpreactrx.phpreactivexfswatchchild-process

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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