Directory Monitor Alternatives

Directory Monitor is described as 'Can be used for the surveillance of certain directories and/or network shares and will notify you of file changes/access, deletions, modifications, and new files in real-time. Users and processes making the changes can also be detected' and is an app. There are six alternatives to Directory Monitor for Mac and Windows. The best Directory Monitor alternative is FSMonitor. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try FileActivityWatch or Folder Monitor. Other great apps like Directory Monitor are WatchMyEdit, File Sentinel and DiskPulse.

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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
     
    • FSMonitor is the most popular Mac alternative to Directory Monitor.

    • FSMonitor is the most popular commercial alternative to Directory Monitor.

    • FSMonitor is Paid and ProprietaryDirectory Monitor is Freemium and Proprietary
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    FileActivityWatch is a tool for Windows that displays information about every read/write/delete operation of files occurs on your system. For every file, FileActivityWatch displays the number of read/write bytes, number of read/write/delete operations, first and last read/write...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • FileActivityWatch is the most popular Windows alternative to Directory Monitor.

    • FileActivityWatch is the most popular free alternative to Directory Monitor.

    • FileActivityWatch is Free and ProprietaryDirectory Monitor is Freemium and Proprietary
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    FolderMonitor helps you monitor what happens in a folder.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Monitors your video exports and instantly notifies you via email the moment they're done — so you can get back to editing, organizing, or living your life.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    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 (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. DiskPulse icon
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    DiskPulse is a real-time disk change monitoring solution allowing one to monitor one or more disks or directories, save reports and disk change monitoring statistics.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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