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Handy way to save and run project-specific commands. Version 1.57.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-19.
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Package summary
Handy way to save and run project-specific commands
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Commands and aliases
- just
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Project history and usage
just is a cross-platform command runner for saving project-specific commands in a `justfile`. It borrows the familiar recipe shape of Makefiles but deliberately avoids being a timestamp-based build system.
Project history
Casey Rodarmor created the `just` repository on 2016-06-17. The project grew from a practical frustration with using `make` for non-build automation: developers wanted named commands, arguments, helpful errors, directory search, completions, and readable syntax without Make's build-system semantics.
The official manual frames `just` as a command runner, not a build system. Recipes live in a file named `justfile`, `Justfile`, `.justfile`, or one of the documented fallback locations, and users invoke them as `just RECIPE`.
Version 1.0.0 was published on GitHub on 2022-02-22. By 2026-07-01, the repository metadata showed more than 34,000 GitHub stars and regular release activity, indicating that `just` had moved well beyond a niche Rust utility.
Adoption history
The official README documents installation through package managers, prebuilt binaries, and Cargo. The input package metadata shows broad packaging across Alpine, Homebrew, Chocolatey, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, Ubuntu, winget, and openSUSE-family packages.
Adoption has been helped by `just` being a single Rust-built CLI with no runtime dependency on a language-specific project stack. It fits repositories that want a shared entry point for testing, linting, formatting, release tasks, Docker commands, or local development setup.
How it is used
A repository usually stores recipes in `justfile`; running `just` lists available recipes, and running `just name args...` executes one recipe. The manual documents shell selection, dotenv loading, parameters, aliases, imports, modules, completions, and recipes written in arbitrary languages.
The key usage boundary is that `just` does not replace Make for dependency-aware incremental builds. It replaces the common pattern of using Makefiles or ad hoc scripts as a menu of project commands.
Why package nerds care
just is significant because it became the package-manager-friendly version of a tiny team convention. A single binary plus a plain text `justfile` gives projects a predictable command surface without requiring contributors to learn an entire build system.
For package nerds, it is also interesting as a Rust CLI that is packaged almost everywhere and competes with decades of Make muscle memory by being intentionally less powerful in the build-system sense.
Timeline
- 2016-06-17: The just GitHub repository is created.
- 2022-02-22: just 1.0.0 is published on GitHub.
- 2022-02-28: just 1.0.1 is published on GitHub with prebuilt release artifacts.
- 2026-06-30: just 1.55.1 is published on GitHub.
Related projects
- GNU Make is the historical comparison point and the tool whose command-runner misuse just often replaces.
- Taskfile and npm scripts are adjacent ways to publish project commands.
- just-lsp provides Language Server Protocol support for editing justfiles.
- Cargo is the Rust package manager used to install just from source or crates.io.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for just. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
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Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
justfileJustfile.justfile$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/just/justfile~/.config/just/justfile~/justfile~/.justfile
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
just | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.57.0
manager updated2026-07-19
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:just |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.57.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://just.systems |
| Repository | https://github.com/casey/just |
| Last updated | 2026-07-19T04:49:07Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
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View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation