buildfoundation/mainframer

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

1756 stars · 171 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Mainframer is a CLI tool that executes a command on a remote machine while syncing project files back and forth over SSH. It offloads heavy operations like compilation from a local computer to a more powerful dedicated machine.

Use cases

• run builds on a faster remote machine instead of my laptop
• offload compilation to a dedicated build server
• execute gradle builds remotely and sync results back
• run heavy batch processing or media encoding on another machine
• keep my laptop cool while builds run elsewhere

When to choose

• you have access to a powerful remote machine and a slow local one
• your builds or batch jobs cause freezes or fan noise on your workstation
• you want a simple SSH/rsync-based remote execution tool without complex infrastructure

When to avoid

• you need distributed CI/CD rather than a single remote machine
• your project files are too large for frequent rsync round-trips
• you need active development support - the 3.x Rust rewrite is still in progress and the project sees limited activity

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

cli developer-tools build-tool deployment developer-tools cli rust remote-build remote-execution file-sync ssh rsync offload-compute command-line devops linux macos

Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="buildfoundation/mainframer")