Simple, modern and high performance file watching and code reload in python.
Documentation: watchfiles.helpmanual.io
Source Code: github.com/samuelcolvin/watchfiles
Underlying file system notifications are handled by the Notify rust library.
This package was previously named "watchgod", see the migration guide for more information.
watchfiles requires Python 3.8 - 3.13.
pip install watchfiles
Binaries are available for:
- Linux:
x86_64
,aarch64
,i686
,armv7l
,musl-x86_64
&musl-aarch64
- MacOS:
x86_64
&arm64
- Windows:
amd64
&win32
Otherwise, you can install from source which requires Rust stable to be installed.
Here are some examples of what watchfiles can do:
from watchfiles import watch
for changes in watch('./path/to/dir'):
print(changes)
See watch
docs for more details.
import asyncio
from watchfiles import awatch
async def main():
async for changes in awatch('/path/to/dir'):
print(changes)
asyncio.run(main())
See awatch
docs for more details.
from watchfiles import run_process
def foobar(a, b, c):
...
if __name__ == '__main__':
run_process('./path/to/dir', target=foobar, args=(1, 2, 3))
See run_process
docs for more details.
import asyncio
from watchfiles import arun_process
def foobar(a, b, c):
...
async def main():
await arun_process('./path/to/dir', target=foobar, args=(1, 2, 3))
if __name__ == '__main__':
asyncio.run(main())
See arun_process
docs for more details.
watchfiles also comes with a CLI for running and reloading code. To run some command
when files in src
change:
watchfiles "some command" src
For more information, see the CLI docs.
Or run
watchfiles --help