jdx/mise

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35134 stars · 1487 forks observed · 2026-10-19

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-28, confidence 0.97

mise is a single command‑line interface that manages development tool versions, per‑project environment variables, and custom tasks. It stores its configuration in a mise.toml file that can be committed to a repository and used across shells, editors, and CI pipelines.

Use cases

• install and switch between multiple versions of Node.js, Python, Go, etc. per project
• load project‑specific environment variables from .env files or mise.toml
• run build, test, or deployment commands with the correct tool versions automatically
• bootstrap a new machine with system packages, dotfiles, and services defined in a config
• replace asdf or other version managers with a unified CLI

When to choose

• You need a lightweight, cross‑platform tool that handles both language runtimes and custom tasks.
• Your team wants a single source of truth for tool versions, env vars, and scripts that works in CI.
• You prefer a Rust‑based CLI with fast execution and easy installation via curl, Homebrew, or package managers.

When to avoid

• You require a graphical UI or IDE integration beyond simple shell hooks.
• Your workflow depends on a tool that is not supported in the mise registry and cannot be added via a custom backend.
• You need fine‑grained package‑manager features like dependency resolution for compiled libraries.

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli developer-tools windows cli dev-tools env-vars bootstrap mise.toml version-switching shims environment-management task-runner tool-version-manager devops automation linux macos

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