watchexec
Executes commands in response to file modifications (by watchexec)
air
☁️ Live reload for Go apps (by cosmtrek)
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| watchexec | air | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 49 | |
| 4,825 | 15,225 | |
| 3.6% | - | |
| 8.6 | 7.9 | |
| 8 days ago | 8 days ago | |
| Rust | Go | |
| Apache License 2.0 | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
watchexec
Posts with mentions or reviews of watchexec.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-01.
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Watchexec ignore directory?
Hi, I am using Watchexec (https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec/releases) to monitor folder changes, but I want to exclude some folders. What parameter should I use to perform the route exclusions?
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How to automatically extract all zip files downloaded to certain directory?
Use https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec
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My first actual Rust program: Cloak, a simple app to search and watch directories to automatically hide files and directories
There's something similar to this called watchexec, which you can have a look at https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec
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Turbowatch – Extremely fast alternative to Nodemon
Or use watchexec which will do 95% of what you need and you're not tied to nodejs.
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What "nice-to-have" CLI tools do you know?
watchexec
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is there a plugin to run any file (.py .js .java etc.) and display the output?
I use watchexec to automatically run the code when saved, you should customise this to your liking.
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[Paid Bounty-$20 in Bitcoin!] Persistent - Watchfolder() dir, if files contains word "apple" in name, make file Read only.
OTOH PowerShell will not keep watching and is one of the requirements. In the past I've successfully used watchexecrepo and inotifywaitrepo.
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How to automatically run a command when directory updates?
I prefer watchexec as it's cross-platform.
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What is the most underrated tool you encountered ?
Not specifically for frontend but a handy tool for quickly setting up auto-runners, auto-testers, auto-linters, auto-formattere etc etc. watchexec
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Entr: Rerun your build when files change
I’ve been a happy user of watchexec[0] for the past few months but Entr seems cool.
https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec
air
Posts with mentions or reviews of air.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-05.
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Live reloading in Go
To enable live reloading in Go we will checkout the command tool, Air - Live reload for Go apps.
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Como configurar Golang com live reload utilizando Air 🚀
☁️ Repositório do Air
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🎉 The Gowebly CLI has grown to v2.0.0
This is made possible thanks to the Air tool, which now comes with every project you create. The configuration is as follows:
- 6 🔥 Awesome Golang packages (web devs)
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The worst thing about Jenkins is that it works
At a recent job, we had slightly different containers for local dev; our backend containers (for a Go app) had Air [1] installed for live reloading, plus Delve [2] running inside the container for VS Code's debugger to connect to. We also had a frontend container for local dev, which didn't get deployed as a container, just as static files.
[1] https://github.com/cosmtrek/air
[2] https://github.com/go-delve/delve/
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Building RESTful API with Hexagonal Architecture in Go
Air is an automatic reloading tool for Go applications. It keeps an eye on code changes and automatically restarts the application, making development more efficient.
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How to start a Go project in 2023
Just to add to the list there is also https://github.com/cosmtrek/air
- Any way to graceful restart the gin http and https servers like nginx for production?
- Air – Live reload for Go apps
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Svelte frontend vs HTMX and hyperscript
Do you use anything for live reloading? This is one aspect I miss when using gomponents compared to go templates, where I had a setup using Browsersync, which immediately refreshed whenever html/css/js changed. Now, since all HTML is within Go code, I have to recompile my go program to see changes, which takes up to ~5sec (I use https://github.com/cosmtrek/air for this).
What are some alternatives?
When comparing watchexec and air you can also consider the following projects:
entr - Run arbitrary commands when files change
modd - A flexible developer tool that runs processes and responds to filesystem changes
watchman - Watches files and records, or triggers actions, when they change.
reflex - Run a command when files change
fswatch - A cross-platform file change monitor with multiple backends: Apple OS X File System Events, *BSD kqueue, Solaris/Illumos File Events Notification, Linux inotify, Microsoft Windows and a stat()-based backend.
delve - Delve is a debugger for the Go programming language.
systemd-manager
gow - Missing watch mode for Go commands. Watch Go files and execute a command like "go run" or "go test"
fd - A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'
reflex - 🕸️ Web apps in pure Python 🐍
coreutils - Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils
skaffold - Easy and Repeatable Kubernetes Development