What is nodemon?
A simple monitor script for use during development of a node.js app. It is an open-source utility that will monitor for any changes in your source and automatically restart your server. The tool supports default languages such as Node.js and CoffeeScript, and can also run any executable, including Python and Make. nodemon is an open-source tool in the Node.js Application Monitoring category, with 25.4K GitHub stars and 1.7K GitHub forks
Highlights
- Automatic server restart upon source code changes
- Support for Node.js, CoffeeScript, and other executable languages
- Open-source with 25.4K GitHub stars and 1.7K GitHub forks
- Ongoing development and community support
Features
Automatic restarting of application
Detects default file extension to monitor