nalaka/auto_reset

Ballerimon - Auto-restart tool for Ballerina

The nodemon for Ballerina 🚀

Ballerimon automatically monitors your Ballerina files and restarts your application when changes are detected, streamlining your development workflow just like nodemon does for Node.js.

Features

• 🔍 Auto-monitoring: Watches .bal and .toml files automatically
• 🚀 Auto-restart: Instantly restarts your app when files change
• 🎯 Smart filtering: Ignores build directories and common artifacts
• ⚙️ CLI-friendly: Simple command-line interface like nodemon
• 🖥️ Cross-platform: Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux
• 📝 Beautiful output: Clean, emoji-rich console messages

Installation

bal tool pull nalaka/auto_reset

Usage

Use exactly like nodemon - just prefix your Ballerina command:

# Instead of: bal run service.bal
ballerimon bal run service.bal

# Instead of: bal run --debug=5005  
ballerimon bal run --debug=5005

# Works with any Ballerina command
ballerimon bal test
ballerimon bal build

Quick Example

# Start your service with auto-restart
ballerimon bal run service.bal

# Edit your .bal files and watch automatic restarts! 🎉

How It Works

1. Monitors current directory for .bal and .toml file changes
2. Automatically stops current Ballerina process when changes detected
3. Waits 1 second for additional changes (debouncing)
4. Restarts your application with the same command
5. Repeats until you press Ctrl+C

Perfect For

• Web API development - Auto-restart HTTP services
• Microservices development - Monitor multiple services
• Integration testing - Auto-run tests on code changes
• General development - Eliminate manual restart cycles

This tool eliminates the tedious cycle of editing code → Ctrl+C → restart → repeat, making Ballerina development as smooth as Node.js with nodemon!