# livereload/LiveReload

LiveReload.app for Mac and Windows. See “develop” branch for the latest Windows release and LiveReload 3 progress. (NOTE: renamed from LiveReload2.)

Repository: https://github.com/livereload/LiveReload
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/livereload
Homepage: http://livereload.com/
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2016-10-27T22:02:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5587, "days_push": 3597, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1424, forks 162 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:41.370748+00:00)

## What it is
LiveReload is a desktop application for Mac and Windows that monitors files in a web project and automatically reloads the browser when changes are made. It is a popular paid developer tool for streamlining front-end web development workflows.

## Use cases
- auto-reload browser when css or javascript changes
- live reload during web development
- avoid manually refreshing browser while editing html
- speed up frontend css iteration
- watch files and refresh browser on save

## When to choose
- you want a polished native desktop app for live reloading on mac or windows
- you prefer a gui over command-line build tooling
- you work on classic web projects with css, html, and js

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - the last release was in 2016
- you prefer free open-source alternatives like browser-sync or vite
- your workflow is already handled by modern bundlers with hot module replacement

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, web-framework
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, frontend
- platform: windows
- tags: live-reload, css-injection, web-development, proprietary-license, objective-c, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- livereload/LiveReload (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:41.370748+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 2026-08-30T04:37:35.589051+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/livereload/LiveReload (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:41.370748+00:00, sha ddee1719d46d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.