File Sentinel Alternatives

File Sentinel is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to File Sentinel for Windows and Mac. The best File Sentinel alternative is FSMonitor. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try FolderChangesView or FileActivityWatch. Other great apps like File Sentinel are Directory Monitor, File Watcher Utlities, fseventer and Folder Monitor.

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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.

    11 FSMonitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • FSMonitor is the most popular Mac alternative to File Sentinel.

    • FSMonitor is the most popular commercial alternative to File Sentinel.

    • FSMonitor is Paid and ProprietaryFile Sentinel is Freemium and Proprietary
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    FolderChangesView is a simple tool that monitors the folder or disk drive that you choose and lists every filename that is being modified, created, or deleted while the folder is being monitored

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • FolderChangesView is the most popular Windows alternative to File Sentinel.

    • FolderChangesView is the most popular free alternative to File Sentinel.

    • FolderChangesView is Free Personal and ProprietaryFile Sentinel 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
     
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    Directory Monitor 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    File system/directory monitoring utilities with loggin and task processing support (can execute files or make a WCF service call). Multiple configuration options. Source code libraries can be used to create a custom file system monitor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • File Watcher Utlities is the most popular Open Source alternative to File Sentinel.

    • File Watcher Utlities is Free and Open SourceFile Sentinel is Freemium and Proprietary
  6. fseventer icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    FolderMonitor helps you monitor what happens in a folder.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Keep track of all changes in files, folders & applications in your system for analysis and diagnosis

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Your Mac, your files, your rules.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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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
     
  11. 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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