# lukeed/taskr

A fast, concurrency-focused task automation tool.

Repository: https://github.com/lukeed/taskr
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/taskr
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: bluebird, coroutines, parallel, task-runner, lightweight, generators, performance, nodejs, tasks
Last push: 2020-12-21T17:09:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4082, "days_push": 2081, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2541, forks 72 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:59.402375+00:00)

## What it is
Taskr is a fast, concurrency-focused task runner for Node.js, similar to Gulp or Grunt, built on generators and coroutines. Tasks are defined in a declarative taskfile.js and composed via parallel or serial execution with a plugin-based, extensible architecture.

## Use cases
- run build tasks in parallel instead of gulp
- automate sass compilation and autoprefixing
- lint and transpile javascript in a build pipeline
- define composable task automation with a taskfile
- replace grunt with a lightweight fast task runner
- minify and bundle assets via task plugins

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, fast alternative to Gulp or Grunt
- your build benefits from coroutine-based parallel task execution
- you prefer a simple declarative taskfile with composable plugins

## When to avoid
- you need a task runner with active ongoing development and recent releases
- you rely on Gulp's stream ecosystem or its large plugin catalog
- you need modern async/await-first tooling like npm scripts with concurrently

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, cli, workflow-automation
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: task-runner, coroutines, generators, parallel-tasks, gulp-alternative, build-pipeline, automation, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- lukeed/taskr (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.402375+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 2026-08-30T02:25:08.002823+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lukeed/taskr (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.402375+00:00, sha 26ac49847801)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/taskr (fetched 2026-08-29T10:07:28.394323+00:00, sha 5766e82a6b2b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.