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LiveReload

CSS edits and image changes apply live. CoffeeScript, SASS, LESS and others just work.
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What is LiveReload?

LiveReload monitors changes in the file system. As soon as you save a file, it is preprocessed as needed, and the browser is refreshed.
LiveReload is a tool in the Live Reloading category of a tech stack.
LiveReload is an open source tool with 1.4K GitHub stars and 177 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to LiveReload's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses LiveReload?

Companies
14 companies reportedly use LiveReload in their tech stacks, including mifos, Startaê, and Listium.

Developers
125 developers on StackShare have stated that they use LiveReload.
Pros of LiveReload
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Lightweight, Gulp support
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Reliable
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Stable in Chrome
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More stable on windows

LiveReload Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to LiveReload?
BrowserSync
BrowserSync makes your tweaking and testing faster by synchronising file changes and interactions across multiple devices. It’s wicked-fast and totally free.
nodemon
It is an open source utility that will monitor for any changes in your source and automatically restart your server. It has a default support for node & coffeescript, but easy to run any executable (such as python, make, etc).
CodeKit
Process Less, Sass, Stylus, Jade, Haml, Slim, CoffeeScript, Javascript, and Compass files automatically each time you save. Easily set options for each language.
Prepros
It is an interface tool which handles pre-processing, and other front-end tasks. Its greatest strength is the incredible ease with which it allows you to use pre-processors of various kinds, be they for CSS, HTML or JavaScript.

LiveReload's Followers
70 developers follow LiveReload to keep up with related blogs and decisions.