fswatch
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- master branchlatestJan 28, 2026
github.com/bcardiff/crystal-fswatch
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License: MIT
Installation
# Add this to your shard.yml
dependencies:
fswatch:
github: bcardiff/crystal-fswatch
branch: mastermaster is a branch, not a release, so this tracks it rather than pinning a version.
Then run:
shards installshard.yml
- Crystal
>= 1.0.0, < 2.0.0- License
- MIT
- Author
- Brian J. Cardiff
Dependencies
Development Dependencies
- crystal_lib*github: crystal-lang/crystal_libdev
README
crystal-fswatch
Installation
-
Add the dependency to your
shard.yml:dependencies: fswatch: github: bcardiff/crystal-fswatch -
Run
shards install
Usage
require "fswatch"
FSWatch.watch "." do |event|
pp! event
end
sleep 10 # keep main fiber busy to prevent exiting
Contributing
- Fork it (https://github.com/bcardiff/crystal-fswatch/fork)
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create a new Pull Request
Development
For docker there are a couple of images to test things in alpine and ubuntu with crystal and libfswatch installed.
% docker build -t cfsw-ubuntu -f docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu .
% docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/src -w /src cfsw-ubuntu /bin/sh
root@5be1b17d7eba:/src# crystal run playground/01_monitor_curdir.cr
root@5be1b17d7eba:/src# crystal spec
To build other platforms use --platform linux/amd64
% docker build -t cfsw-ubuntu -f docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu --platform linux/amd64 .
Contributors
- Brian J. Cardiff - creator and maintainer
Documentation
Built from the current release. The first visit to a release nobody has asked for starts its build.
Links
This branch
- Branch
master- Seen
- Jan 28, 2026
- Crystal
>= 1.0.0, < 2.0.0- Indexed
- yes
Dependents
Repository
github.com/bcardiff/crystal-fswatch
Metadata
- Created
- Aug 12, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 24, 2026
- Synced
- Oct 24, 2026
- Versions
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