FileWatcher

Project details

Project: FileWatcher

dev language: c# oxide

Plugin language: en

Description

FileWatcher monitors your server’s config and lang JSON files and automatically reloads the affected plugin when changes are detected. This is aimed at faster iteration while developing or tuning plugins — edit JSON, save, and the plugin reloads itself.

Features

Config + Lang monitoring

Watches oxide/config/*.json
Watches oxide/lang/**.json (including subfolders)

Safe reload behavior

Debounce (1s): prevents multiple reloads while a file is still being written
Reload cooldown (20s): prevents reload loops and spam
Ignore list: exclude specific plugins from being reloaded
Always ignores FileWatcher itself

Stability

If the watcher throws errors, it auto-restarts itself after 5 seconds

Debug mode

Optional debug output for watcher init, file changes, cooldown/debounce decisions, etc.

Commands

/fwstatus
Shows watcher status (Config/Lang on/off) and ignored count. Admin only.

Permissions

No Oxide permission is used. Access is gated by player.IsAdmin.

Config

{
  "Watch config folder": true,
  "Watch lang folder": true,
  "Ignored plugins": [
    "PermissionManager"
  ],
  "Debug mode": false
}