DevWatch 1.2.0

DevWatch now updates itself.

• Automatic updates. DevWatch checks for a new release shortly after launch and once a day, downloads it in the background, and installs it when you quit.
• Install and Restart. Update right away from the menu bar or the settings. Restarting stops running development processes; with autostart enabled, the next file change starts them again.
• Verified before installing. An update is installed only if its SHA-256 checksum matches the release and the app inside carries the DevWatch Developer ID signature, bundle identifier, and expected version.
• Turn off Install updates automatically in the settings to install only when you choose. Updates need DevWatch in a writable location such as /Applications.

Coming from 1.1.0 or earlier? Install this version once by hand. From now on DevWatch keeps itself up to date.

Requirements: macOS 14 or later, Apple Silicon or Intel.

Full Changelog: v1.1.0...v1.2.0

DevWatch 1.1.0

DevWatch now keeps watching your projects reliably, even during large changes and next to servers you started yourself.

• Detects dev servers running outside DevWatch. If the project's script, or the tool it calls such as vite or next dev, is already running in the project folder from a terminal or another tool, DevWatch does not start a second instance. It shows the PID instead of failing and pausing autostart. Such servers are never taken over or stopped.
• Bulk changes no longer pause watching. A composer update or other mass write could overflow macOS file events, which paused the project until you enabled it again. Dropped events now count as a change of the affected folder; only a moved or unmounted project folder pauses watching.
• Faster detection while files keep changing. Changes are reported within three seconds at the latest, even if a file is rewritten more than once per second.

Projects that an earlier version paused stay paused. Turn autostart back on for them once after updating.

Requirements: macOS 14 or later, Apple Silicon or Intel.

Full Changelog: v1.0.1...v1.1.0

DevWatch 1.0.1 – English & German localization

DevWatch now speaks English and German and automatically follows your macOS language preferences.

• Localized menus, buttons, tooltips, accessibility labels, status messages, and errors.
• English is the default language and fallback for unsupported languages.
• Choose a language just for DevWatch in System Settings → General → Language & Region → Applications, then restart the app.
• Localized macOS folder permission descriptions.
• Warning indicators work independently of the selected language.
• English documentation for international users.

Requirements: macOS 14 or later, Apple Silicon or Intel.

Installation: Download DevWatch-1.0.1.dmg, open it, and drag DevWatch into Applications. Quit the previous version before replacing it. The app and DMG are Developer ID signed and notarized by Apple.

Validation: 73 tests passed; universal build and packaged language selection verified for English, German, Swiss German, and French with English fallback.

Full changelog

DevWatch 1.0.0

Full Changelog: https://github.com/twdnhfr/devwatch/commits/v1.0.0