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Monitor Changes in Source Code and Auto-Restart Your Server

install.packages("rmon")
CRAN 30-day downloads, method
217+0.46% up on the 30 days before, the better direction
Test coverage, method
24%of lines run by tests

The 'R' equivalent of 'nodemon'. Watches specified directories for file changes and reruns a designated 'R' script when changes are detected. It's designed to automate the process of reloading your 'R' applications during development, similar to 'nodemon' for 'Node.js'.

Maintainer
Kennedy Mwavu
Latest release
19 Jun 2025
First release
18 Mar 2025

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Releases
2
Needs compilation
No
RoxygenNote
7.3.2
Subjects (1) Method, Subjects
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Package

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citation("rmon")
APA
Mwavu, K. (2025). rmon: Monitor Changes in Source Code and Auto-Restart Your Server (Version 1.1.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.rmon
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For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

APA
Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for rmon version 1.1.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-29. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040
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From data release v2026-10-29, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later.

All 13 check platforms pass.

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    1.1.0
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    The previous release of R on macOS, arm64

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    The patched release of R on Linux, x86_64

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    The current release of R on Linux, x86_64

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    The current release of R on macOS, arm64

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    The current release of R on macOS, x86_64

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  • 13 OK

Over time

No change since 5 Aug 2026

As a list (3)
ChangedWorst statusOKNotesWarningsErrors
5 Aug 2026OK13000
1 Aug 2026Note12100
10 Mar 2026OK14000

Since March 2026

Check results on CRAN

Total downloads in the last 30 days
221−2.2% down on the 30 days before, the worse directionIt is the sum of 3 channels: CRAN, r2u and autoCRAN.

CRAN rank

21,502 of 26,553

CRAN

217 downloads in the last 30 days

Rank
21,502 of 26,553
Change
+0.46% up on the 30 days before, the better direction

It is in the total. Take it out

r2u

1 downloads in the last 30 days

Rank
19,986 of 30,526
Change
−75% down on the 30 days before, the worse direction

It is in the total. Take it out

autoCRAN

3 downloads in the last 30 days

Rank
18,475 of 29,233
Change
−50% down on the 30 days before, the worse direction

It is in the total. Take it out

Over time

Compare downloads

Needs
1
Dependent packages
0
Suggested by
0
Needs (1)
Installing it adds
3 packages, 422 KB of source
Of those, need compilation
2
Optional extras (1)
Functions
3
Public exports
1
Lines of R code
312
Median complexity
1
Functions (3)
Size and composition

Lines by kind (499)

KindLinesShare
R code31263%
Tests6814%
Documentation11924%

Lines by language

LanguageLinesShare
R38076%
Rd11924%

Languages are counted from file extensions.

Files
11
R functions
3
Complexity
Median
1
Mean
9.33
Highest
26
Median lines per function
21
About complexity

Cyclomatic complexity counts the independent paths through a function: 1 is a straight line, higher is harder to test. R functions only.

Call graph figures
R functions
3
Calls
2
Unconnected
0
Groups
1
Growth (2 releases)
Total lines by release
266 on 18 Mar 2025499 on 19 Jun 2025
Release changes

The tests ran and coverage was measured.

Lines run by tests
24.5%
Expressions run by tests
25%
Test cases
4
Exports named in tests
100%
Coverage by file (1)
Coverage run
Lines counted
147
Lines the tests ran
36
Tests passed
Yes
Measured with
covr 3.6.5 on R 4.6.1
Test suite
Has tests
Yes
Test frameworks
testthat
Test cases
4
Lines of tests
68
Test lines per line of code
0.22
Exports documented
100%
Arguments documented
100%
Return value documented
100%
Help pages with examples
100%
Examples run in checks
100%
Other documentation
README
Yes, 361 words
Release notes file
Yes
Help pages
1
Lines of documentation
119

kennedymwavu / rmon on github.com

Stars
24
Forks
0
Open issues
1
Last commit
19 Jun 2025
Activity
Commits
61
Open pull requests
0
Tagged releases
0
Latest tagged release
–
Issues closed in
5 days (median)
Pull requests closed in
0 days (median)
Pull requests merged
100%
Created
10 Aug 2024
Licence file reads as
–
Development practices (8)
KindFound
Continuous integrationGitHub Actions, R CMD check workflow
The R CMD check workflow runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, and on R-devel
Governance and communityThe repository owner accepts GitHub Sponsors
Docs sourcepkgdown
GitHub Pages site last deployed 2025-06-19
The repository has a site deploy workflow
CRAN release processcran-comments.md, CRAN-SUBMISSION

Method, repository practices

Across kennedymwavu

R releases
  • On CRAN
  • Release
VersionReleasedR
1.1.0 current19 Jun 20254.5.1
1.0.018 Mar 20254.4.3
Release notes (1.1.0)

New features

  • Added expr parameter to monitor() for executing arbitrary R expressions when files change, as an alternative to running R scripts via the file parameter.
  • Added support for natural R syntax using curly braces {} for multi-line expressions.
  • Added capture_output parameter to control whether expression output is captured and displayed (default: TRUE).
  • Added on_error parameter to control behavior when expression execution fails ("continue" or "stop").

Documentation

  • Updated function documentation with comprehensive examples showing both string and language object expressions.
  • Updated README with detailed examples of expression execution features.

Testing

  • Added comprehensive test suite using testthat for CRAN compliance.