Chokidar is a robust and efficient file system watcher for Node.js. It eliminates the inconsistencies of the native fs.watch API across different operating systems. Chokidar watches files & directories providing events on changes, additions & deletions. It's ideal for tasks like automatic code reloading during development, build systems, and real-time file synchronization, ensuring reliable and cross-platform file monitoring capabilities.
Chokidar's release frequency has varied significantly since its initial release in April 2012. Releases were most frequent in 2014, particularly in October and November. Since then, the release rate has slowed, with periods of several months or even years without new versions. The most recent releases occurred in September and December 2024 with versions 4.0.0, 4.0.1 ,4.0.2 and 4.0.3.
Chokidar downloads show a strong upward trend from February 2024 to July 2025, peaking at 390 million. There was a significant increase starting March 2024. August 2025 downloads are lower, but the month is not yet complete.
