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Head on over to https://facebook.github.io/watchman/

## installation
System Requirements:

* Linux systems with `inotify`
* macOS (uses `FSEvents` on 10.7+, `kqueue(2)` on earlier versions)
* Windows 10 (64-bit) and up. Windows 7 support is provided by community patches.


Prebuilt Binaries:

* Download and extract the windows release from the latest release here: https://github.com/facebook/watchman/releases/tag/v2024.02.12.00
* It will be named something like watchman-vYYYY.MM.DD.00-windows.zip
* It contains a bin folder. Move that somewhere appropriate and update your PATH environment to reference that location.

Installing via Chocolatey:

Watchman is available via the Chocolatey Windows package manager. Installation is as simple as:

PS C:\> choco install watchman

for more information about Chocolatey:

here: https://chocolatey.org/install

for linux and MacOS goes to the next link.

link: https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/install.

## License

Watchman is made available under the terms of the MIT License. See the
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