fseventer Alternatives

fseventer is described as 'Graphically observe filesystem changes using the same underlying API as Spotlight. One example of use could be to determine what files are changed via software installation, preferences, etc' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are eight alternatives to fseventer for Windows, Mac and Linux. The best fseventer alternative is FSMonitor. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Tweakeze or DaemonFS. Other great apps like fseventer are WatchDirectory, Watch 4 Folder, HDD Profiler and iWatch.

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  1. FSMonitor icon
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    FSMonitor is a macOS app that monitors all changes in the file system, including file creation, deletion, change of content, renames, and change of attributes. It provides different display modes to to examine the list of changed files.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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  2. Tweakeze icon
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    Tweakeze (tweak-easy) is a software tool designed to watch(monitor) changes on Microsoft Windows file system and Registry database.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. DaemonFS icon
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    DaemonFS is a real time file monitoring software.

    This tool lets you track modifications to your files. Every time a file gets modified, a notification launched from the tray icon appears.

    This software may be used for reverse engineering, hard disk usage tracking, software ana.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. WatchDirectory monitors a file system directory and performs tasks when certain conditions are met.

    15 WatchDirectory alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Watch 4 Folder is a simple to use, small and portable tool to monitor folders and file activities.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. HDD Profiler icon
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    HDD-Profiler is a powerful HDD (Hard-Disk-Drive) profiling utility that will inform you which files/folders were created, modified, accessed or removed in certain areas of your hard disk by creating system snapshots.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    iWatch is a realtime filesystem monitoring program. Its purpose is to monitor any changes in a specific directory or file and send email notification immediately after the change. This can be very useful to watch a sensible file or directory against any changes, like files...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. File monitor for listening to text files and saving the last line of content. It can monitor files like .zsh_history or .bash_history, automatically saving shell history, helping you easily search recent terminal commands and ensuring you never forget any command again.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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