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watch

Utilities for watching file trees.

v1.0.2, 17 Feb 2017Apache-2.0CommonJSTypes: NoneFiles and file systems
$ npm install watch

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
925k
-18% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
2
Direct, from package.json
Last release
9 years ago
v1.0.2
GitHub stars
1.3k
149 forks
Open issues / PRs
43 / 16
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0500k1m1.5m2mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 1.8m (25 Nov 2025)Low 437.5k (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

925,018 downloads last week, 3,117,537 in the last month. The 12-month change of -18% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
030 in total
Latest version
1.0.2, 17 Feb 20179 years ago
First published
3 Jan 2011
Last push to GitHub
22 Jan 20231,341 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
43
Open pull requests
16
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
1,042

Major versions

  1. v1 first release 1.0.0, 5 Oct 2016
  2. v0 first release 0.2.1, 3 Jan 2011

Recent releases

VersionPublished
1.0.217 Feb 2017
1.0.16 Oct 2016
1.0.05 Oct 2016
0.19.35 Oct 2016
0.19.216 Aug 2016
0.19.120 Jun 2016
0.18.029 Apr 2016
0.17.118 Dec 2015
0.17.018 Dec 2015
0.16.06 Apr 2015
0.15.01 Apr 2015
0.14.014 Feb 2015
0.13.027 Oct 2014
0.12.021 Oct 2014
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=0.1.95
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
-
Dependencies (2)
exec-shminimist
npm install watch
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/watch@1.0.2/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/watch@1.0.2/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/watch@1.0.2
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
@humanfs/node80.6m-14 days agoESM only-
@humanfs/core80.4m-14 days agoESM only-
@humanfs/types55.4m-14 days agoESM only-
fs-updater151.9k-8 years agoCommonJS-
@-xun/fs30.1k-1 year agoCommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.