notify-rs/notify
🔭 Cross-platform filesystem notification library for Rust. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
84/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 55
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 53.5
- age_days: 4283
- days_rel: 220
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 7
Adoption not part of the score
3440 stars · 285 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Notify is a cross-platform filesystem notification library for Rust that watches files and directories and emits events using native OS backends (inotify, FSEvents, kqueue, ReadDirectoryChangesW) with a polling fallback. It ships companion crates for debounced events and file identification, and is widely used by tools like rust-analyzer, deno, and zed.
Use cases
- watch a directory for file changes in Rust
- trigger rebuilds when source files change
- monitor config files for modifications
- detect when files are created, renamed, or deleted
- build a file-watching dev server or hot-reload tool
- poll filesystem changes on network mounts like NFS
When to choose
- you need cross-platform file watching in a Rust project
- you want native OS event backends with a polling fallback
- you need debounced filesystem events via companion crates
- you want a battle-tested library used by major Rust tools
When to avoid
- you need desktop notifications instead of filesystem events (use notify-rust)
- you rely on events from network filesystems like NFS without polling
- you are not working in Rust
Facets
library · maturity stable
file-system developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform files windows rust cross-platform bsd filesystem-watcher inotify fsevents kqueue file-events rust-library linux macos android ios
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/notify-rs/notify · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1f6f5e7e0808
- homepage: https://docs.rs/notify · fetched 2026-08-29 · 769e9c486968
- site_page: https://docs.rs/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · eb451773a76b
- site_page: https://docs.rs/crate/notify/latest · fetched 2026-08-29 · 009b9186d814
- site_page: https://docs.rs/crate/notify/latest/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · 98146f059e36
- site_page: https://docs.rs/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 29ab7986fbf5
- site_page: https://docs.rs/about/badges · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6588cac258af
- site_page: https://docs.rs/about/builds · fetched 2026-08-29 · 811231ca4680
- site_page: https://docs.rs/about/metadata · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0dcdccb2b2b2
- site_page: https://docs.rs/about/redirections · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1b1efd93105f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| notify-rs/notify | main | 84 |
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