Watch-fn alternatives and similar modules

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• chokidar

  8.5 8.8 L3 Watch-fn VS chokidar

  Minimal and efficient cross-platform file watching library
  

• fs-extra

  8.3 3.5 Watch-fn VS fs-extra

  Node.js: extra methods for the fs object like copy(), remove(), mkdirs()
  

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• rimraf

  7.4 7.2 L4 Watch-fn VS rimraf

  A `rm -rf` util for nodejs
  

• mkdirp

  6.3 0.0 L5 Watch-fn VS mkdirp

  DISCONTINUED. Recursively mkdir, like `mkdir -p`, but in node.js

• globby

  6.2 4.5 L5 Watch-fn VS globby

  User-friendly glob matching
  

• graceful-fs

  5.4 3.0 L4 Watch-fn VS graceful-fs

  fs with incremental backoff on EMFILE
  

• del

  5.3 1.7 Watch-fn VS del

  Delete files and directories
  

• fs-jetpack

  4.7 0.0 L5 Watch-fn VS fs-jetpack

  Better file system API for Node.js
  

• find-up

  4.3 2.4 L5 Watch-fn VS find-up

  Find a file or directory by walking up parent directories
  

• make-dir

  3.9 4.7 Watch-fn VS make-dir

  Make a directory and its parents if needed - Think `mkdir -p`
  

• filenamify

  3.9 2.0 Watch-fn VS filenamify

  Convert a string to a valid safe filename
  

• tempy

  3.7 4.5 Watch-fn VS tempy

  Get a random temporary file or directory path

• load-json-file

  3.2 1.4 Watch-fn VS load-json-file

  Read and parse a JSON file
  

• proper-lockfile

  3.1 0.0 L4 Watch-fn VS proper-lockfile

  An inter-process and inter-machine lockfile utility that works on a local or network file system.
  

• write-json-file

  3.0 3.1 Watch-fn VS write-json-file

  Stringify and write JSON to a file atomically
  

• pkg-dir

  2.9 4.3 Watch-fn VS pkg-dir

  Find the root directory of a Node.js project or npm package
  

• Filehound

  2.7 0.0 L4 Watch-fn VS Filehound

  Flexible and fluent interface for searching the file system
  

• move-file

  2.7 4.5 Watch-fn VS move-file

  Move a file - Even works across devices
  

• istextorbinary

  2.4 4.8 L4 Watch-fn VS istextorbinary

  Determine if a filename and/or buffer is text or binary. Smarter detection than the other solutions.
  

• sander

  2.0 0.0 L5 Watch-fn VS sander

  Promise-based power tool for common filesystem tasks
  

• fs-write-stream-atomic

  2.0 0.0 L5 Watch-fn VS fs-write-stream-atomic

  DISCONTINUED. Like `fs.createWriteStream(...)`, but atomic.
  

• lnfs

  0.9 0.0 Watch-fn VS lnfs

  Safely force create symlinks
  

• FileSniffer

  0.8 0.0 L5 Watch-fn VS FileSniffer

  Find files by matching content

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