makex 20241201

Build tool

makex

Makex is a new and simplified build and automation tool.

It makex stuff happen. 🙂

What Makex is used for

• Compiling software/applications/firmware
• Building file systems/trees/file archives
• Building and deploying websites and web applications
• Running things in a repeatable manner
• Replacing most or all of the other build systems

Features 🍩

• Task based
• Familiar Syntax
• File Hashing and Checksums
• Dependency Graphs
• Caching
• Workspaces
• Copy on Write

Links 🔗

• Documentation
• Installation Instructions
• Troubleshooting
• Support: Google Groups or [e-mail]

Quick Start

1. Install:

pip install makex

2. Define a Makex file (name it Makexfile):

task(
    name="hello-world",
    steps=[
        write("hello-world.txt", "Hello World!"),

        # or, you can use the shell, but it's not recommended:
        # shell(f"echo 'Hello World!' > {task_path('hello-world')}/hello-world.txt"),
    ],
    outputs=[
        "hello-world.txt",
    ],
)

3. Run makex and the target:

makex run :hello-world

4. A file at _output_/hello-world/hello-world.txt shall have the following contents:

Hello World!

Limitations

• Mac support is not tested.
• Windows is not tested or supported (yet).

This is an early release of Makex. Things may change. If you have any problems, feel free to contact us. 

Pronunciation 🗣

Makex is pronounced "makes", ˈmeɪks, ˈmeɪkˈɛks (or just "make" 🙂)

Related

Make

Coming Soon

• Task Self References
• Custom Action Functions/Macros
• Tags/Labels
• Regular Expressions
• Named Inputs/Outputs
• Intellij/VSCode integration