# browserify/watchify

watch mode for browserify builds

Repository: https://github.com/browserify/watchify
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/watchify
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-12-21T09:59:06+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": 4843, "days_push": 620, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license, no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1785, forks 178 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:36.016725+00:00)

## What it is
Watchify is a watch mode wrapper for Browserify that automatically rebuilds browser bundles whenever source files change. It uses incremental rebuilding to make repeated builds fast during development.

## Use cases
- automatically rebuild browserify bundles on file changes
- speed up incremental JavaScript bundling during development
- watch source files and re-bundle for the browser
- integrate browserify watch mode into a dev workflow
- avoid full rebuilds when editing modules

## When to choose
- you already use Browserify and want fast incremental rebuilds
- you need a simple watch mode for bundling browser JavaScript

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project and can use a modern bundler like Vite, esbuild, or webpack with built-in watch/HMR
- you do not use Browserify for bundling

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, frontend, web-development
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: browserify, watch-mode, bundler, javascript, live-rebuild, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- browserify/watchify (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:36.016725+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 2026-08-30T03:24:11.888279+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/watchify (fetched 2026-08-29T11:02:49.109132+00:00, sha 743311d7ba67)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.