macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install justlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install justMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/just/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install just with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper
Handy way to save and run project-specific commands. Version 1.55.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-30.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add justAlpine Linux edge package indexes · just · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install justDebian stable package indexes · just · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install justFedora Rawhide package metadata · just · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#justnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ju/just/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S justArch Linux sync databases · just · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install justopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · just · source: download.opensuse.org
Windows
Chocolateyverified · 92%
choco install justChocolatey community package catalog · just · source: community.chocolatey.org
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/justScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/just.json · source: api.github.com
Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id Casey.Just -eWindows Package Manager source index · Casey.Just · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
overview
Package summary
Handy way to save and run project-specific commands
Project links
Commands and aliases
- just
history
Project history and usage
just is a cross-platform command runner for saving project-specific commands in a `justfile`. It borrows the familiar recipe shape of Makefiles but deliberately avoids being a timestamp-based build system.
Project history
Casey Rodarmor created the `just` repository on 2016-06-17. The project grew from a practical frustration with using `make` for non-build automation: developers wanted named commands, arguments, helpful errors, directory search, completions, and readable syntax without Make's build-system semantics.
The official manual frames `just` as a command runner, not a build system. Recipes live in a file named `justfile`, `Justfile`, `.justfile`, or one of the documented fallback locations, and users invoke them as `just RECIPE`.
Version 1.0.0 was published on GitHub on 2022-02-22. By 2026-07-01, the repository metadata showed more than 34,000 GitHub stars and regular release activity, indicating that `just` had moved well beyond a niche Rust utility.
Adoption history
The official README documents installation through package managers, prebuilt binaries, and Cargo. The input package metadata shows broad packaging across Alpine, Homebrew, Chocolatey, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, Ubuntu, winget, and openSUSE-family packages.
Adoption has been helped by `just` being a single Rust-built CLI with no runtime dependency on a language-specific project stack. It fits repositories that want a shared entry point for testing, linting, formatting, release tasks, Docker commands, or local development setup.
How it is used
A repository usually stores recipes in `justfile`; running `just` lists available recipes, and running `just name args...` executes one recipe. The manual documents shell selection, dotenv loading, parameters, aliases, imports, modules, completions, and recipes written in arbitrary languages.
The key usage boundary is that `just` does not replace Make for dependency-aware incremental builds. It replaces the common pattern of using Makefiles or ad hoc scripts as a menu of project commands.
Why package nerds care
just is significant because it became the package-manager-friendly version of a tiny team convention. A single binary plus a plain text `justfile` gives projects a predictable command surface without requiring contributors to learn an entire build system.
For package nerds, it is also interesting as a Rust CLI that is packaged almost everywhere and competes with decades of Make muscle memory by being intentionally less powerful in the build-system sense.
Timeline
- 2016-06-17: The just GitHub repository is created.
- 2022-02-22: just 1.0.0 is published on GitHub.
- 2022-02-28: just 1.0.1 is published on GitHub with prebuilt release artifacts.
- 2026-06-30: just 1.55.1 is published on GitHub.
Related projects
- GNU Make is the historical comparison point and the tool whose command-runner misuse just often replaces.
- Taskfile and npm scripts are adjacent ways to publish project commands.
- just-lsp provides Language Server Protocol support for editing justfiles.
- Cargo is the Rust package manager used to install just from source or crates.io.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for just. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
justfileJustfile.justfile$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/just/justfile~/.config/just/justfile~/justfile~/.justfile
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
just | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.55.1
manager updated2026-06-30
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected1.55.1
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:just |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.55.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/just |
| Homepage | https://just.systems |
| Repository | https://github.com/casey/just |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/casey/just |
| License | CC0-1.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/casey/just/archive/refs/tags/1.55.1.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-30T08:35:51Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build dependencies | rust |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | just |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
just 1.40.0-1+b1
Save and run project-specific commands
sudo apt install just- Section: devel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: rust-just
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
Nix95%
just
nix profile install nixpkgs#just- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
Ubuntu apt95%
just 1.21.0-1
Save and run project-specific commands
sudo apt install just- Section: universe/devel
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: rust-just
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
apk95%
just 1.48.1-r0
Just a command runner
sudo apk add just- License: CC0-1.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: just
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
apk95%
just-bash-completion 1.48.1-r0
Bash completions for just
sudo apk add just-bash-completion- License: CC0-1.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: just
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
apk95%
just-doc 1.48.1-r0
Just a command runner (documentation)
sudo apk add just-doc- License: CC0-1.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: just
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
apk95%
just-fish-completion 1.48.1-r0
Fish completions for just
sudo apk add just-fish-completion- License: CC0-1.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: just
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
apk95%
just-zsh-completion 1.48.1-r0
Zsh completions for just
sudo apk add just-zsh-completion- License: CC0-1.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: just
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
dnf95%
just 1.51.0-1.fc45
Just a command runner
sudo dnf install just- License: CC0-1.0 AND Apache-2.0 AND (Apache-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception) AND (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: rust-just
- 3 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
pacman95%
just 1.52.0-1
A handy way to save and run project-specific commands
sudo pacman -S just- License: CC0-1.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
zypper95%
just 1.51.0-1.1
Commmand runner
sudo zypper install just- License: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND Unicode-DFS-2016 AND (Apache-2.0 OR BSL-1.0) AND (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (Apache-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR MIT) AND (MIT
- Category: Development/Tools/Building
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: just
- 2 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
zypper95%
just-bash-completion 1.51.0-1.1
Bash Completion for just
sudo zypper install just-bash-completion- License: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND Unicode-DFS-2016 AND (Apache-2.0 OR BSL-1.0) AND (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (Apache-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR MIT) AND (MIT
- Category: System/Shells
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: just
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
zypper95%
just-fish-completion 1.51.0-1.1
Fish Completion for just
sudo zypper install just-fish-completion- License: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND Unicode-DFS-2016 AND (Apache-2.0 OR BSL-1.0) AND (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (Apache-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR MIT) AND (MIT
- Category: System/Shells
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: just
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
zypper95%
just-zsh-completion 1.51.0-1.1
Zsh Completion for just
sudo zypper install just-zsh-completion- License: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND Unicode-DFS-2016 AND (Apache-2.0 OR BSL-1.0) AND (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (Apache-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR MIT) AND (MIT
- Category: System/Shells
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: just
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
MacPorts95%
just
sudo port install just- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
Chocolatey95%
just
choco install just- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Just
source trail
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