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🤖 Just a command runner

151 mentions on Hacker News by 120 people: 21 stories, 130 comments · first 2016-11-10 · latest 2026-10-21

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  1. This is the dependency list of the just command runner https://github.com/casey/just/blob/master/Cargo.lock And the helix editor https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/blob/master/Cargo.lock Compare them to the dependencies of gnu make…
  2. …but this is mostly an exploration of whether the idea works or not. [1] https://roc-lang.org/ [2] https://github.com/casey/just
  3. But sometimes it's applied properly! https://github.com/casey/just
    comment by nine_k · 2026-08-17 · in Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub
  4. …in. I left the job, but I still talk to some of the folks there. They still love the recipes. [1] https://github.com/casey/just
    comment by BeetleB · 2026-07-10 · in In Emacs, everything looks like a service
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    Ten Years of Just (and Lists)
    story by rodarmor · 2026-06-16 · 0 comments
  6. …git branches + tags + commits, commands from shell history, files, shell jobs, processes, etc. 2. https://github.com/casey/just for more structured scripting.
  7. …all the slop-coding lately), just[1] is now a very mature and well thought out alternative. [1] https://github.com/casey/just
  8. …Even something like ‘just’ have tens of deps, including one to check that something is executable. https://github.com/casey/just/blob/master/Cargo.toml That’s just asking for trouble down the line.
  9. I've found https://github.com/casey/just to be very very useful. Allows to bind common commands simple smaller commands that can be easily referenced. Good for humans too.
  10. https://github.com/casey/just is an uncursed make (for task running purposes - it's not a general build system)
  11. …traumatized time and time again from ever-growing complexity, I've started to embrace Just ( https://github.com/casey/just ) which is basically just a simpler Make. I tend to work across teams a lot, and make/just seems easier for people…
    comment by embedding-shape · 2026-01-28 · in Make.ts
  12. ▲ 1
    Just – a handy way to save and run project-specific commands
    story by vismit2000 · 2025-12-15 · 0 comments
  13. …just, it could be a command alias or something, I probably am overengineering that lol. [0]: https://github.com/casey/just
  14. …in pursuing this approach further, there exist a polyglot task runner named 'just' [1]. [1] https://github.com/casey/just?tab=readme-ov-file#shebang-rec...
  15. Just is better choice imho https://github.com/casey/just
  16. …have required excessive poring over the man page. [1]: https://github.com/kurtbuilds/checkexec [2]: https://github.com/casey/just
    comment by herewulf · 2025-08-22 · in My other email client is a daemon
  17. …them. I just hope muse stays mise, and doesn't become just[1] (whom I also install via mise) [1]: https://github.com/casey/just
    comment by hks0 · 2025-06-29 · in Tools I love: mise(-en-place)
  18. and another alternative: just https://github.com/casey/just
    comment by ulbu · 2025-06-20 · in Learn Makefiles
  19. This is excellent modern replacement for part where Makefiles get messy: https://github.com/casey/just
    comment by llukas · 2025-06-20 · in Learn Makefiles
  20. …end up biting me. I find that 90% of the time what I actually want is a command runner like Just ( https://github.com/casey/just ) and have the make file contain the absolute sheer minimum required to build code. While we’re at it, CMake…
    comment by subjectsigma · 2025-05-29 · in Show HN: I wrote a modern Command Line Handbook
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    Just – a handy way to save and run project-specific commands
    story by dsego · 2025-05-12 · 0 comments
  22. …philocalyst/tap/infat`(haven't done it myself but I bet it has just as a dependency anyway) [1] https://github.com/casey/just
  23. …also doesn't prevent more complex error states. For example this step from your config: curl -L "https://github.com/casey/just/releases/download/${{ matrix.just-version }}/just-${{ matrix.just-version }}-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz" \ |…
    comment by 0xbadcafebee · 2025-04-08 · in Any program can be a GitHub Actions shell
  24. …a script in a different language as your command, so it basically "supports bash scripts" too. https://github.com/casey/just
    comment by DanHulton · 2025-03-20 · in The Pain That Is GitHub Actions
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    Just a Command Runner
    story by tsujp · 2025-03-19 · 0 comments
  26. I’ve just switched to using just https://github.com/casey/just for my makefiles that were really just a collection of small snippets and it’s worked wonderfully
  27. …and supports shell scripting explicitly (so at least equivalent in power, though so is Make) [0]: https://github.com/casey/just
    comment by hardwaresofton · 2025-01-21 · in I'll think twice before using GitHub Actions again
  28. I use `just` - https://github.com/casey/just and have a `docs` task. That runs a bash script that does all the heavy lifting (python install, and so on). Though given all the chatter on here in the last couple of weeks, I'd migrate some of…
    comment by DrBazza · 2025-01-13 · in DoxyPress – Modern Doxygen
  29. I haven’t used them yet, but I keep seeing people touting alternatives, and in particular “just”: https://github.com/casey/just This is primarily aimed at a “task runner” replacement rather than a “compilation with automatic file timestamp…
    comment by TheTaytay · 2025-01-11 · in Be Aware of the Makefile Effect
  30. …file: https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/build-script-examp... . There's also tools like: https://github.com/casey/just and https://sagiegurari.github.io/cargo-make/ I rarely use multiple languages with Rust. A lot of interpreted…
    comment by nostradumbasp · 2025-01-02 · in Static search trees: faster than binary search
  31. …with the real world 99% of the time. Mocks in general are rarely worth it, the DB ones: 10x so. [0] https://github.com/casey/just
    comment by pdimitar · 2024-12-30 · in Database mocks are not worth it
  32. …things always become more complex that some script you do for your own specific use-case. [1]: https://github.com/casey/just/tree/v0.2.23
    comment by hk__2 · 2024-12-08 · in Just: Just a Command Runner
  33. Justfile[0] was a more familiar makefiles replacement for me [0]: https://github.com/casey/just
    comment by zero-g · 2024-12-08 · in Mise: Dev tools, env vars, task runner
  34. …have. I had a look at the top issues for just and pretty much all of them I've handled in mise: https://github.com/casey/just/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+... here's my unashamedly biased thoughts on why I like mise tasks compared to…
    comment by jdxcode · 2024-12-07 · in Just: Just a Command Runner
  35. …use-cases like CI, you are likely already coding in a proprietary YAML/JSON/XML format. [1] https://github.com/casey/just/blob/e1b85d9d0bc160c1ac8ca3bca... [2] https://taskfile.dev/usage/#prevent-unnecessary-work
    comment by no_circuit · 2024-12-07 · in Just: Just a Command Runner
  36. …the command, no need to prepend pyqwe or anything. See also justfile for a non-python specific tool https://github.com/casey/just Which I just learned can be installed with Python! https://pypi.org/project/rust-just/
  37. …approach. These days I have completely switched to just[0] tool for similar use case. [0]: https://github.com/casey/just
  38. https://github.com/casey/just?tab=readme-ov-file#what-are-th...
    comment by xigoi · 2024-09-21 · in I Like Makefiles
  39. I think just [1] is a good generic "do stuff" tool [1] https://github.com/casey/just
    comment by feelamee · 2024-09-21 · in I Like Makefiles
  40. https://github.com/casey/just https://just.systems/
    comment by pletnes · 2024-09-21 · in I Like Makefiles
  41. Agree with the sentiment here but I've been rewriting lots of things to use Justfiles instead https://github.com/casey/just Avoids lots of weird makefileisims
    comment by AdamJacobMuller · 2024-09-21 · in I Like Makefiles
  42. …this the default behavior, and is generally simpler to use. Things like parameters are simpler. https://github.com/casey/just
    comment by bluejekyll · 2024-09-21 · in I Like Makefiles
  43. …similar. If I had to submit a tip on top of yours, it's to use justfiles instead of Makefiles :-) https://github.com/casey/just
    comment by BeetleB · 2024-09-16 · in Plain Text Accounting (PTA)
  44. …set it up with proper apps and desktop environment settings. https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra https://github.com/casey/just
    comment by duckmysick · 2024-08-26 · in Server Setup Basics for Self Hosting
  45. If you’re going to use make, use just instead: https://github.com/casey/just
    comment by hardwaresofton · 2024-08-24 · in Makefiles for Web Work (2022)
  46. I find that https://github.com/casey/just is a great answer to a lot of problems in this thread. I have a justfile in all my projects now and I'm very happy.
    comment by peauc · 2024-08-24 · in Makefiles for Web Work (2022)
  47. You said the key word there, "just": https://github.com/casey/just This is what I use when I want the "common entry points" to a project, but don't need all the "make weirdness". It makes it very easy to essentially create a…
    comment by DanHulton · 2024-08-24 · in Makefiles for Web Work (2022)
  48. …didn't end. It looks like the project is using 'just' for command running (for those unfamiliar, https://github.com/casey/just ). It isn't my preferred way to do things but you probably have it already like I do. 20 minutes later: alright…
  49. …went looking in the docs and found this[0] which I'd missed last time I looked into justfiles. [0] https://github.com/casey/just?tab=readme-ov-file#what-are-th...
    comment by mijoharas · 2024-07-13 · in Show HN: 30ms latency screen sharing in Rust
  50. …to experiment but there are tools out there and I wish we finally started unifying things. [0] https://github.com/casey/just [1] https://magefile.org/magefiles/ [2] https://github.com/bitfield/script