Just is a command runner, not a build system, so it avoids much of Make’s complexity and idiosyncrasies. No need for .PHONY recipes! Linux, MacOS, a

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Just is a command runner, not a build system, so it avoids much of Make’s complexity and idiosyncrasies. No need for .PHONY recipes!

Linux, MacOS, and Windows are supported with no additional dependencies. (Although if your system doesn’t have an sh, you’ll need to choose a different shell.)

Wherever possible, errors are resolved statically. Unknown recipes and circular dependencies are reported before anything runs.

If you need help with just please feel free to open an issue or ping me on discord. Feature requests and bug reports are always welcome!

(Powershell is installed by default on Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 S1 and later, and cmd.exe is quite fiddly, so Powershell is recommended for most Windows users.)

You can use the following command on Linux, MacOS, or Windows to download the latest release, just replace DEST with the directory where you’d like to put just:

Vim’s built-in Makefile syntax highlighting isn’t perfect for justfiles, but it’s better than nothing. You can put the following in ~/.vim/filetype.vim:

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