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CC0-1.0 command runner — modern Makefile replacement

DevOps / Tooling · OSS/MIT

What's Good

CC0-1.0 (public domain dedication). justfile recipes with clear errors, args, .env loading, modules. Not a build graph — a command runner. Cross-platform binary, huge community.

The Catch

Modern Makefile replacement; not Taskfile this wave. No implicit build DAG like Make. You still pick how CI invokes recipes. Distinct from package.json scripts if the repo is polyglot.

Verdict

CC0 command runner. Free forever; Taskfile is a different gem later.

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