Task

Task is a task runner and build tool written in Go. Tasks are defined in a Taskfile.yml in the project root and run with task <name>, which makes it a simpler alternative to Make for scripting builds, tests and other repeatable project commands.

Each task lists the commands to run in cmds, and can declare dependencies with deps, which run before the task and in parallel with each other. Variables and environment variables can be set globally or per task, and other Taskfiles can be included to split up large projects. Running task --list shows tasks that have descriptions.

Task can skip work that is already done. With sources and generates, it compares file checksums or timestamps and only runs a task when its inputs changed. A status block can also mark a task as up to date. Watch mode (--watch) reruns a task when its source files change.

It ships as a single binary and runs on Linux, macOS and Windows. Commands are run through a built-in shell interpreter, so the same Taskfile works without bash on Windows. Full documentation, including the Taskfile schema, is at taskfile.dev.