The idea emerged from a quest to find the perfect scripting tool for my Golang projects (see blog post). I was dissatisfied with using Make and the heavy reliance on bash scripts (hello coreutils compat issues!) to handle all the essential tasks a software project requires. I ended up shipping the following requirements:
Download the mrake and mruby binaries from the Releases page and place them in a folder within your $PATH. That’s it! You can now script using #!/usr/bin/env mruby or by creating a Rakefile. You can check out the examples folder for sample scripts that demonstrate MRuby’s capabilities.
If your project requires a different set of dependencies, feel free to fork this project. After forking, add or remove any dependencies in the build configuration file, then enable the GitHub Action to package your own release.
Find the latest binaries on the Releases page. Each release includes pre-packaged versions for different platforms (Linux, MacOS, Windows) so you can get up and running with minimal setup.)