# krzysztofzablocki/KZFileWatchers

A micro-framework for observing file changes, both local and remote. Helpful in building developer tools.

Repository: https://github.com/krzysztofzablocki/KZFileWatchers
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kzfilewatchers
Homepage: http://merowing.info
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-09-26T10:01:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3677, "days_push": 706, "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 1108, forks 69 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:37.038851+00:00)

## What it is
KZFileWatchers is a Swift micro-framework for observing file changes, both on the local filesystem and remotely via HTTP with Etag/Last-Modified support. It is designed as a building block for developer tools that let native apps reload configurations or feeds without recompiling.

## Use cases
- watch local file changes in a Swift app
- observe a remote file on Dropbox or FTP for updates
- reload app configuration without recompiling in Xcode
- build developer tools that react to file edits
- observe files across the simulator sandbox from the desktop
- use a file watcher from Objective-C projects

## When to choose
- you are building an iOS/macOS developer tool that needs local or remote file change observation
- you want a small, lightweight Swift library rather than a full framework
- you need Etag or Last-Modified based polling of files hosted on the web
- you need Objective-C interoperability

## When to avoid
- you need high-performance watching of thousands of files
- your project is not in the Apple/Swift ecosystem
- you need actively developed features or recent Swift concurrency support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: file-system, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, mobile-development, cross-platform
- platform: -
- tags: file-watcher, swift, cocoapods, micro-framework, remote-file-observation, hot-reload, ios, macos

## Member repositories
- krzysztofzablocki/KZFileWatchers (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.038851+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 2026-08-30T06:43:47.897606+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/krzysztofzablocki/KZFileWatchers (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.038851+00:00, sha 4fc9b827d190)
  - homepage: http://merowing.info (fetched 2026-08-29T12:47:23.623520+00:00, sha 61f3f84527cc)
  - site_page: https://merowing.info/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:47:23.629315+00:00, sha 169bfe72ef06)
  - site_page: https://merowing.info/posts/eval-loops-for-llm-features (fetched 2026-08-29T12:47:23.631631+00:00, sha b28398939c2f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.