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watchdog
Filesystem events monitoring
pythonfilesystemmonitoringmonitorFSEventskqueueinotifyReadDirectoryChangesW
github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdogApache-2.0Mickaël Schoentgen25.7M / week7.4k · 807 forks · 198 contributors
Release cadenceEvery 3 weeks
Last releaseOct 31, 2026
Open advisories0
Changelog quality100% curated
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Upgrade guides
Breaking changes and a migration checklist for each major versionwatchdog 6 → 76.0.0 → 7.0.0Oct 31, 2026 Unknownwatchdog 5 → 65.0.3 → 6.0.0Nov 1, 2024 BreakingBreaking10New3Changed1Fixed3Other1watchdog 4 → 54.0.2 → 5.0.3Sep 27, 2024 BreakingBreaking9Platform1New2Changed1Fixed2Other3watchdog 3 → 43.0.0 → 4.0.2Aug 11, 2024 UnknownNew2Fixed3Other4watchdog 2 → 32.3.1 → 3.0.0Mar 20, 2023 Unknownwatchdog 1 → 21.0.2 → 2.3.1Feb 28, 2023 Unknownwatchdog 0.10 → 10.10.7 → 1.0.2Dec 18, 2020 Unknownwatchdog 0.9 → 0.100.9.0 → 0.10.7Jul 5, 2021 Unknownwatchdog 0.8 → 0.90.8.3 → 0.9.0Aug 28, 2018 Unknownwatchdog 0.7 → 0.80.7.1 → 0.8.3Feb 11, 2015 Unknownwatchdog 0.6 → 0.70.6.0 → 0.7.1Feb 3, 2014 Unknownwatchdog 0.5 → 0.60.5.4 → 0.6.0Mar 18, 2012 Unknown
VersionChannelDateChangesSecurity
7.0.0 StableOct 31, 2026No changes listed6.0.0 youStableNov 1, 2024Breaking10New3Changed1Fixed3Other15.0.3 StableSep 27, 2024New15.0.2 StableSep 3, 2024Fixed1Other15.0.1 StableSep 2, 2024Fixed15.0.0 StableAug 26, 2024Breaking9Platform1New1Changed1Other24.0.2 StableAug 11, 2024New2Fixed2Other44.0.1 StableMay 23, 2024Fixed14.0.0 StableFeb 6, 2024No changes listed3.0.0 StableMar 20, 2023No changes listed2.3.1 StableFeb 28, 2023No changes listed2.3.0 StableFeb 23, 2023No changes listed2.2.1 StableJan 1, 2023No changes listed2.2.0 StableDec 5, 2022No changes listed2.1.9 StableJun 10, 2022No changes listed2.1.8 StableMay 15, 2022No changes listed2.1.7 StableMar 25, 2022No changes listed2.1.6 StableOct 1, 2021No changes listed2.1.5 StableAug 23, 2021No changes listed2.1.4 StableAug 19, 2021No changes listed