# nat-n/poethepoet

A task runner that works well with poetry or uv.

Repository: https://github.com/nat-n/poethepoet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/poethepoet
Homepage: https://poethepoet.natn.io/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: developer-tools, development-workflow, python, poetry, task-runner, poetry-plugin, uv, developer-experience, dx
Last push: 2026-07-12T13:04:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 92, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2288, "days_push": 52, "days_rel": 59, "gap_med": 18.0, "n_releases_24m": 27}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2064, forks 80 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:10.018883+00:00)

## What it is
Poe the Poet is a task runner for Python projects that lets you declare tasks in pyproject.toml and run them via a standalone CLI or as a poetry plugin, executing in your project's virtualenv. It supports commands, shell scripts, Python expressions, task composition (sequences, parallel, DAGs), CLI arguments, and env vars.

## Use cases
- run project tasks defined in pyproject.toml
- replace make/tox with a python task runner
- run scripts inside poetry or uv virtualenv
- define named CLI arguments for project tasks
- compose tasks into sequences or parallel graphs
- use a task runner as a poetry plugin

## When to choose
- you use poetry or uv and want tasks tied to the project virtualenv
- you want self-documenting tasks with shell completion
- you need task composition like sequences, parallel runs, or DAGs

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose build system with dependency tracking like make
- your project is not Python-based or doesn't use pyproject.toml

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, workflow-automation, plugin-system
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: task-runner, poetry, uv, pyproject-toml, poetry-plugin, build-tasks, command-line, automation, python

## Member repositories
- nat-n/poethepoet (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:10.018883+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 2026-08-30T02:57:09.176155+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nat-n/poethepoet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:10.018883+00:00, sha 49498f4b612e)
  - homepage: https://poethepoet.natn.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:37:26.343331+00:00, sha 734bd22b8413)
  - site_page: https://poethepoet.natn.io/installation.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:37:26.346004+00:00, sha c6a1ebbcfd1b)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/poethepoet/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:37:26.347829+00:00, sha b36b3209e8f6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.