Go task-runner

Open-source Go projects categorized as task-runner

Top 23 Go task-runner Projects

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  1. air

    ☁️ Live reload for Go apps

    Project mention: PocketBase + Firebase Studio | dev.to | 2025-05-09

    Your environment will have been setup to run your app via Air. You will need to customize Air in order to run PocketBase.

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  3. Task

    A task runner / simpler Make alternative written in Go

    Project mention: Learn Makefiles | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-06-20

    Funny coincidence, I use this often and just opened an issue earlier today: https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/2303 :)

  4. realize

    Realize is the #1 Golang Task Runner which enhance your workflow by automating the most common tasks and using the best performing Golang live reloading.

  5. dagu

    Local-first workflow engine, built for self-hosting. It aims to solve greater problems.

    Project mention: Show HN: Dagu 1.17-beta – Run complex workflows without the Airflow complexity | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-30
  6. mmake

    Modern Make

  7. xc

    Markdown defined task runner.

    Project mention: Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automation (2019) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-08

    I found this a few years ago and was quite inspired by it. I then more recently found https://xcfile.dev/ which is a great way to implement these sort of scripts directly in the project's README.

  8. gow

    Missing watch mode for Go commands. Watch Go files and execute a command like "go run" or "go test" (by mitranim)

  9. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  10. run

    Task runner that helps you easily manage and invoke small scripts and wrappers (by TekWizely)

  11. gronx

    Lightweight, fast and dependency-free Cron expression parser (due checker, next/prev due date finder), task runner, job scheduler and/or daemon for Golang (tested on v1.13+) and standalone usage. If you are bold, use it to replace crontab entirely.

  12. spot

    A user-friendly and efficient tool for the effortless deployment and configuration of resources on remote machines. (by umputun)

  13. flowmatic

    Structured concurrency made easy

  14. taskctl

    Concurrent task runner, developer's routine tasks automation toolkit. Simple modern alternative to GNU Make 🧰

  15. Orbit

    :satellite: A cross-platform task runner for executing commands and generating files from templates (by gulien)

  16. arelo

    a simple auto reload (live reload) utility

    Project mention: Show HN: Arelo – A simple, flexible file watcher for auto-restarting commands | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-10
  17. leprechaun

    You had one job, or more then one, which can be done in steps

  18. backlite

    Type-safe, persistent, embedded task queues and background job runner w/ SQLite

    Project mention: Show HN: Type-safe, persistent, embedded task queues and job runner (Go, SQLite) | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-24
  19. flow

    Interactive CLI automation that flows with you. (by flowexec)

    Project mention: Show HN: Flow – YAML-driven CLI automation with a customizable TUI | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-17
  20. valet

    Job queuing service and async task runner. (by svaloumas)

  21. stackup

    a single application to spin up your entire dev stack. (by permafrost-dev)

  22. z

    Simple task runner (by zakuro9715)

  23. spok

    It's a build system Jim, but not as we know it 🖖 (by FollowTheProcess)

    Project mention: Just: Just a Command Runner | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-12-07

    I am really moving spok

    It’s golang based but very like make.

    https://github.com/FollowTheProcess/spok

  24. yatr

    🏃 Yet Another Task Runner (or yatr for a short) allows you to organize and automate your routine operations that you normally do in Makefile (or else) for each project.

  25. go-smartpoll

    Package smartpoll offers dynamic, reactive scheduling for synchronized polling of multiple data points.

  26. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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  • Mise: Dev tools, env vars, task runner

    15 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Dec 2024
  • Just: Just a Command Runner

    19 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Dec 2024
  • Can you help me make my makefile for go projects better or suggest an alternative?

    4 projects | /r/golang | 11 Apr 2023
  • Is your makefile supposed to be a justfile?

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  • Show HN: Xc – A Markdown Defined Task Runner

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Index

What are some of the best open-source task-runner projects in Go? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 air 20,941
2 Task 13,100
3 realize 4,454
4 dagu 2,365
5 mmake 1,727
6 xc 1,301
7 gow 842
8 run 486
9 gronx 456
10 spot 452
11 flowmatic 387
12 taskctl 312
13 Orbit 185
14 arelo 115
15 leprechaun 105
16 backlite 97
17 flow 91
18 valet 56
19 stackup 19
20 z 12
21 spok 10
22 yatr 9
23 go-smartpoll 2

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