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

    FSMonitor

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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
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    • Almost everyone thinks FSMonitor is a great fseventer alternative.

    • FSMonitor is the most popular Mac alternative to fseventer.

    • FSMonitor is the most popular commercial alternative to fseventer.

    • FSMonitor is Paid and Proprietaryfseventer is Free and Proprietary
  2. Tweakeze icon

    Tweakeze

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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
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    • Tweakeze is the most popular Windows alternative to fseventer.

    • Tweakeze is the most popular free alternative to fseventer.

    • Tweakeze is Free Personal and Proprietaryfseventer is Free and Proprietary
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    DaemonFS

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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
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    • DaemonFS is the most popular Linux alternative to fseventer.

    • DaemonFS is the most popular Open Source alternative to fseventer.

    • DaemonFS is Free and Open Sourcefseventer is Free and Proprietary
  5. WatchDirectory icon

    WatchDirectory

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    WatchDirectory monitors a file system directory and performs tasks when certain conditions are met.

    14 WatchDirectory alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Watch 4 Folder icon

    Watch 4 Folder

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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. HDD Profiler icon

    HDD Profiler

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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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  9. iWatch

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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
     
  10. File Sentinel icon

    File Sentinel

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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
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