# githubnemo/CompileDaemon

Very simple compile daemon for Go

Repository: https://github.com/githubnemo/CompileDaemon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/compiledaemon
Language: Go
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-05-06T09:51:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 59/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 81, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5101, "days_push": 119, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1724, forks 158 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:27.954499+00:00)

## What it is
CompileDaemon is a simple file-watching daemon for Go that recompiles your project with `go build` whenever source files change, optionally running a command after each successful build. It supports recursive watching, glob-based include/exclude filters, polling fallback, and graceful child process termination.

## Use cases
- automatically rebuild my go project when files change
- hot reload go server during development
- watch directory and rerun command on file save
- recompile and restart go app on code changes
- go live reload tool for local development

## When to choose
- you want a minimal, zero-config rebuild-on-save loop for Go projects
- you need a post-build command to restart your app automatically
- you work on a filesystem where inotify-style notifications are unreliable and need polling

## When to avoid
- you need hot code swapping without a full rebuild
- you want an all-in-one dev server with proxying or asset pipelines
- your project is not Go/C-based or you need multi-language watch orchestration

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: build-tool, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, backend
- platform: go, cli, windows, cross-platform
- tags: file-watching, hot-reload, go-development, live-reload, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- githubnemo/CompileDaemon (main) score 59

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:27.954499+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:33:54.640736+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/githubnemo/CompileDaemon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:27.954499+00:00, sha bc5f4c21ad8d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.