zetten 1.0.7

Fast task runner for Python projects

⚡ Zetten

The High-Performance Task Runner for Python Backends. Parallel. Deterministic. Fast.

Zetten is a dependency-aware execution engine designed to unify how you run tests, linters, and builds. It ensures that your workflow remains identical across local development environments and any CI platform-only faster.

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🚀 The Zetten Philosophy

Modern Python projects often require coordinating various tools (tests, type-checkers, formatters). Zetten eliminates "Glue Code Fatigue" by providing:

• Parallel Execution: Automatically identifies independent tasks and runs them concurrently across your CPU cores.
• Smart Caching: Uses content-addressable hashing to skip tasks if their specific inputs haven't changed since the last run.
• Platform Agnostic: Behaves identically on macOS, Windows, Linux, or any CI/CD provider.
• Dependency Awareness: Define a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) of tasks to ensure correct execution order (e.g., setup always precedes test).

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✨ Features

• ⚡ Worker Pool Concurrency: Maximizes resource usage by running non-dependent tasks in parallel.
• 🏷️ CI Tagging: Execute logical groups of tasks (e.g., run --tag ci) with a single command.
• 🛡️ Failure Propagation: If a foundational task fails, Zetten halts downstream execution to prevent cascading errors.
• 🔍 Intelligent Diagnostics: Includes zetten doctor to identify environment inconsistencies instantly.
• ⏱️ Performance Analytics: (Coming Soon) Real-time insights into time saved via parallelism.

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🛠️ Quick Start

Install Zetten:

pip install zetten

Initiate a project:

zetten init

Define tasks in pyproject.toml:

[tool.zetten.tasks.lint]
cmd = "ruff check src"
inputs = ["src/"]
tags = ["ci", "pre-commit"]

[tool.zetten.tasks.test]
cmd = "pytest"
depends_on = ["lint"]
inputs = ["src/", "tests/"]
tags = ["ci"]

Define tasks in zetten.toml:

[tasks.setup]
cmd = "pip install -r requirements.txt"

[tasks.lint]
cmd = "ruff check src"
inputs = ["src/"]
tags = ["ci"]

[tasks.test]
cmd = "pytest"
depends_on = ["setup"]
inputs = ["src/", "tests/"]
tags = ["ci"]

Run tasks:

zetten run test
zetten run lint test

Zetten will only re-run tasks when their inputs change.

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🚀 Running in CI

Zetten is designed to be the single entry point for your CI pipelines. By using Tags, you can control exactly what runs without complex YAML logic. Order of Execution: If you run zetten run --tag ci, Zetten calculates the dependency tree:

• It identifies tasks with no dependencies (e.g., lint).
• It executes them in parallel.
• Once lint succeeds, it "unlocks" and runs the test.
• Skipping: If the files in src/ haven't changed since the last CI run (and you persist the .zetten folder), Zetten will skip execution and return immediately.

⚙️ Configuration Model

Configuration is explicit by design:

• No templating
• No conditionals
• No implicit behavior

Configuration lives in:

• pyproject.toml (preferred)
• zetten.toml (for legacy or minimal projects)

If no configuration is found, Zetten will explain how to fix it.

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🛠 Commands

• zetten run — execute tasks deterministically
• zetten watch — re-run tasks on input changes
• zetten graph — inspect the task dependency graph
• zetten doctor — diagnose configuration and environment issues
• All commands produce stable, CI-safe output with well-defined exit codes.

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🛡 Status

Zetten is currently in v0.1. If no configuration file is found, Zetten will provide clear instructions on how to initialize your project.

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Documentation

Full documentation is available at: Github Wiki

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🤝 Contributing

We love Rust and Python! If you want to help make Zetten even faster:

• Fork the repo.
• Add your feature (don't forget the tests!).
• Open a Pull Request.

Built with ❤️ for the Python community using the speed of Rust.

Please open an issue or discussion on GitHub before proposing large changes.