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## Features
- Recursive directory tree tracking
- Deterministic multi-platform support (Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS, Windows)
- Deterministic multi-platform support (Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD, Windows)
- Lightweight and fast
- Embeddable Zig module API
- Standalone CLI executable
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### Platform backends
| Platform | Backend | Notes |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Linux | inotify | Threaded mode (default) or poll mode (`-Dlinux_read_thread=false`) |
| macOS | kqueue (default) or FSEvents (`-Dmacos_fsevents=true`) | FSEvents requires Xcode frameworks |
| FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD | kqueue | |
| Windows | ReadDirectoryChangesW | |
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# Installation