Is watcher safe to use?

watcher has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.2.1). DepScope rates its health at 69/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of watcher?

The latest version of watcher is 1.2.1, released 2026-01-08.

Does watcher have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of watcher.

Is watcher deprecated?

No, watcher is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.2.1 (2026-01-08).

What are alternatives to watcher?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for watcher at this time.

What license does watcher use?

watcher is licensed under BSD-3-CLAUSE.

watcher

pubv1.2.1

A file system watcher. It monitors changes to contents of directories and sends notifications when files have been added, removed, or modified.

License BSD-3-CLAUSEpermissive70 versions1 maintainers2 deps3,046,787 weekly dl

dart-lang/tools/tree/main/pkgs/watcher

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (69/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (69/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

17/20

popularity

25/25

security

15/15

maturity

2/15

community

0/15

popularity_floor

Vulnerabilities

none known

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.43medium

Health History

Dependency Tree

License Audit

Dependencies (2)

async path

API access

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curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/pub/watcher

Last updated · 2026-01-08T07:30:04.790936Z