# tj/mmake

Modern Make

Repository: https://github.com/tj/mmake
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mmake
Language: Go
License Family: other
Topics: makefile, make, task-runner, task-manager, build-tool, build-system, mmake
Last push: 2023-07-01T08:07:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3486, "days_push": 1159, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1736, forks 44 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:29.774103+00:00)

## What it is
Mmake is a small Go program that wraps GNU make to add user-friendly features like automatic help output from Makefile comments and remote includes fetched over HTTP or GitHub shortcuts. It otherwise acts as a pass-through to standard make.

## Use cases
- generate help output from makefile comments
- run make tasks with friendly help listing
- include shared makefiles from remote URLs
- use make as a task runner with better UX
- share common makefile targets across projects
- alias make to a modern wrapper

## When to choose
- you use make as a task runner and want built-in help output
- you want to share makefile snippets across repos via remote includes
- you want a drop-in make wrapper that preserves standard behavior

## When to avoid
- you need a full modern build system rather than a make wrapper
- you rely on features beyond help output and remote includes
- you need actively maintained software with a license and recent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: makefile, task-runner, make-wrapper, remote-includes, go, command-line, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- tj/mmake (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:29.774103+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:30:42.992029+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tj/mmake (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:29.774103+00:00, sha 1ebba15b38d5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.