watchr
watchr - file watcher in Go that triggers predefined actions on detected files modifications (by bartekrutkowski)
reflex
Run a command when files change (by cespare)
| watchr | reflex | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | |
| 3 | 3,271 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| over 3 years ago | 6 months ago | |
| Go | Go | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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.
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.
watchr
Posts with mentions or reviews of watchr.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-16.
-
Go 1.16 Release Notes
Shameless self plug, but I've had that itch and decided to scratch it with a tool[0] that would be universal and not limited to Go - albeit written in it ;)
[0] https://github.com/bartekrutkowski/watchr
reflex
Posts with mentions or reviews of reflex.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-23.
- How to start a Go project in 2023
- Implement auto-reload after update
- File System Watcher
- Watchman: Execute a command when something changes
-
Live Reload in Go with Air
Neat. I've used reflex in the past for this.
-
Fzf – a command-line fuzzy finder
entr is written in C, watchexec is written in Rust.
There's another one that I've used that is written in go: https://github.com/cespare/reflex
I am inclined to use watchexec next time I need one.
-
How do you live reload html pages in development?
rerun your go program when you change a file https://github.com/cespare/reflex
-
Testing flow for Go in VS Code?
There are tools like https://github.com/cespare/reflex that run a command when specific files are changing. You could use it to run go test whenever one of your files changes, so the changes would be reflected instantly in the terminal.
- Mainteneur sur un petit projet pendant Hacktoberfest
-
Dockerize your Go app
We'll be using Reflex as part of our development workflow. If you're not familiar, Refelx provides live reload when developing.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing watchr and reflex you can also consider the following projects:
modd - A flexible developer tool that runs processes and responds to filesystem changes
air - ☁️ Live reload for Go apps
golang-docker-cache - Improved docker Golang module dependency cache for faster builds.
Go for Visual Studio Code
xid - Parse unicode identifiers
gin - Live reload utility for Go web servers
Yampa - Functional Reactive Programming domain-specific language for efficient hybrid systems
go-md2man
fsnotify - Cross-platform file system notifications for Go.
python-qnapstats - Python API for obtaining QNAP NAS system stats