facebook/watchman

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Watches files and records, or triggers actions, when they change.

Stars: 13.7k
Forks: 1.1k
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 222

Dominant language: C++
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 15, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 15, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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222 open issues indexed

Cannot install because Python header files are missing Open

homebrew

facebook/watchman#978 · 8 comments · 3 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
MacOS: Packing rn's bundle always stuck with Recrawled Open

facebook/watchman#981 · 69 comments · 114 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
URL to download the latest linux binary Open

facebook/watchman#982 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Implement git fsmonitor hook in Rust Open

facebook/watchman#987 · 0 comments · 7 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Pywatchman docs Open

python

facebook/watchman#988 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Error: EMFILE: too many open files Open

facebook/watchman#993 · 1 comment · 6 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Memory issue with large array for ignore_dirs Open

facebook/watchman#995 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Getting notifications for files that no longer exist when process is restarted Open

facebook/watchman#1002 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Watchman error on Windows 10 Open

facebook/watchman#1017 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
CMake option to enable statically linking some of the libraries used Open

facebook/watchman#1023 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
watchman -v : error Open

facebook/watchman#1026 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Docs fail to mention that installing using ZIP on macOS will not run Open

facebook/watchman#1031 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Watchman fails in case of blank explo cli projects on Win10 Open

facebook/watchman#1035 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Doesn't display watchman version on Mac OS Monterey 12.4 - Intel Chip Open

facebook/watchman#1037 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Docs nav offset Open

facebook/watchman#1039 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Trivial watchman-replicate-subscription usage Open

facebook/watchman#1041 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
using watchman only on specific directory Open

facebook/watchman#1043 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Promblem wih start watchman on Mac M1 Open

facebook/watchman#1056 · 4 comments · 8 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Accepting more than one command when reading commands from stdin (-j/--json-command + -p/--persistent) Open

facebook/watchman#1063 · 0 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Publish a new release on PyPi Open

facebook/watchman#1065 · 5 comments · 13 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
macOS : cmake build is assuming SDKs are based on host OS version and hard-coded locations rather than available SDKs Open

facebook/watchman#1069 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
RFE: Check and notify on missing executable rights when adding handler Open

facebook/watchman#1080 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Requesting `symlink_target` breaks queries & subscriptions on symlink deletion Open

facebook/watchman#1084 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Building watchman from source on Ubuntu 22.04 and Debian:Bullseye leaves the `built/lib` folder empty Open

facebook/watchman#1086 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Ubuntu aarch64 builds Open

facebook/watchman#1094 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
`test_clock_sync` seems flaky Open

facebook/watchman#1104 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Watchman adds a new entry to Files & Folders each time it is given access Open

facebook/watchman#1106 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Missing RPMs in latest release v2023.03.13.00 Open

facebook/watchman#1110 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Incomplete generic Linux release v2023.03.13.0 Open

facebook/watchman#1111 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Incorrect fixed paths in generic Linux release Open

facebook/watchman#1112 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Linux release: Builder-exposed, incorrect runpath in lib/libevent-2.1.so.7 Open

facebook/watchman#1113 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
thread 'tokio-runtime-worker' panicked at 'Watchman subscription error: Watchman error: Lost connection to watchman' Open

facebook/watchman#1115 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Ubuntu Linux: unable to install 2023.03.13.00 following documentation Open

facebook/watchman#1116 · 6 comments · 5 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Unpinned fizz dependency broke the build Open

facebook/watchman#1127 · 0 comments · 3 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Pinning a CPU core at 100% on latest docker Open

facebook/watchman#1130 · 11 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Homebrew install watchman failed Open

facebook/watchman#1132 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
watchman on riscv Open

facebook/watchman#1133 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
why watchman does not support query base on time frame and sorting ability? Open

facebook/watchman#1134 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Folly related build issue for ARM Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS Open

facebook/watchman#1136 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Missing RPMs in Release v2023.04.24.00 Open

facebook/watchman#1137 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
WatchMan Error on Docker. Watchman-make is not accessible even after installation. Open

facebook/watchman#1138 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
"Settle" behavior blocks entire file tree during long running zip operation Open

facebook/watchman#1139 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
serde_bser: Apache-2.0 license file missing from git repo and published crates Open

facebook/watchman#1143 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
No Mac OS X binary Open

facebook/watchman#1145 · 0 comments · 9 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Watchman ignores platform-specific path separators in `dirname` expressions Open

facebook/watchman#1146 · 0 comments · 4 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
"I don't know how to install any packages on this system linux-mint-21.2" Open

facebook/watchman#1151 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Watchman warns on custom_config example line Open

facebook/watchman#1152 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Question - `hint_num_files_per_dir` recursive or not? Open

facebook/watchman#1155 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Watchman service is timing out waiting for a synchronization cookie file to be observed by the watcher within 20000 milliseconds Open

facebook/watchman#1157 · 4 comments · 3 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Deploy on winget Open

facebook/watchman#1159 · 0 comments · 7 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026

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