egoist/dum

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1584 stars · 27 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Dum is a fast npm scripts runner written in Rust that replaces `npm run` and `npx` with near-instant startup. It also forwards install/add/remove commands to the detected package manager (npm, yarn, or pnpm).

Use cases

• run npm scripts faster than npm run
• replace npx with a faster alternative
• run node_modules/.bin binaries from the command line
• run package manager install commands without remembering which one the project uses
• run npm scripts in a subdirectory of a monorepo

When to choose

• you frequently run npm scripts and want to eliminate npm's startup delay
• you want a single command that works across npm/yarn/pnpm projects
• you prefer a small native binary over a Node.js-based tool

When to avoid

• you need package.json vars support in scripts
• you need a full package manager - dum only forwards install commands
• you rely on npm-specific flags or features not implemented by dum

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli developer-tools build-tool developer-tools web-development cli windows rust npm-scripts npx-replacement rust package-manager-forwarding command-line macos linux

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