consolidation/robo

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2709 stars · 308 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Robo is a modern PHP task runner inspired by Gulp and Rake that lets developers define and automate common project tasks in PHP. It ships as a Phar or Composer package and provides built-in tasks for asset processing, testing, filesystem watching, and deployment.

Use cases

• automate repetitive php project tasks
• run asset compilation like sass and minification
• write cross-platform build scripts in php
• deploy code over sftp ssh or docker
• watch files for changes and rerun tasks
• run tests and daemons from a single command

When to choose

• your project is PHP-based and you want task automation in the same language
• you need a Gulp/Rake-style runner with PHP task definitions
• you want built-in tasks for ssh, sftp, docker, and filesystem watching

When to avoid

• you prefer JavaScript-based task runners like Gulp or npm scripts
• your build pipeline is not PHP-centric
• you need a general-purpose CI/CD system rather than a local task runner

Facets

library · maturity active

cli developer-tools workflow-automation build-tool file-system developer-tools web-development php cli cross-platform task-runner php build-automation gulp-inspired deployment command-line automation

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