Top 5 Shell task-runner Projects

makesure

12 329 9.3 Shell

Simple task/command runner with declarative goals and dependencies

Project mention: Show HN: Just.sh – compiler that turns Justfiles into portable shell scripts | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-12-26

makesure, a similar tool (https://maximullaris.com/makesure-vs-just.html) I'm developing, doesn't require installation in the traditional sense: https://github.com/xonixx/makesure#installation.
Also, I was considering adding the same feature (generating the equivalent shell script) to my tool, but after doing some analysis decided not to pursue this idea for the following reasons: https://github.com/xonixx/makesure/issues/83#issuecomment-98....

Runbook.md

1 21 5.9 Shell

Write Bash executable runbooks in Markdown.
InfluxDB

www.influxdata.com sponsored

Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
doit.sh

1 13 7.1 Shell

🏴‍☠️ Replaces your build system with 1 shell script.
makesh

2 3 0.7 Shell

Makefile-sorta-kinda-alike Bash task runner
Taskfile

1 2 2.8 Shell

Remember how to run all your shell based workflows. (by svandragt)

Project mention: Taskfile: A Modern Alternative to Makefile | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-07-16

WorkOS

workos.com sponsored

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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).