Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Sane, a single file, super flexible, Python command runner
make, but sane. Contribute to mikeevmm/sane development by creating an account on GitHub.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Sane, a single file, super flexible, Python command runner launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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An attempt at saner Bash defaults. Contribute to mrzool/bash-sensible development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I know this could be considered blasphemous, but I constantly find myself using Make as a task runner. I have written my own task runner in the past, but somehow I always end up using make. I went, and I put together 3 quality of life snippets I use all the time and put it in a single makext.mk file that can be included in other Makefiles and wrote a basic readme for it. This is not meant to be a replacement for other task runners, but I do think it can be useful to some of you. https://github.com/mitjafelicijan/makext Check it out and see if it makes sense to you. Thanks…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Makefile inspired Command Runner. Contribute to dohsimpson/bud development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Generic drop in Makefile. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
2023 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →
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Bash With Nails. Contribute to mindaugasbarysas/bashwithnails development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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An infinite runner in your terminal. Contribute to smallhadroncollider/ascii-runner development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Justfiles are like Makefiles, except Just is a command runner, whereas Make is a build system. As I understand it, Just was built to be a less arcane version of Make for collecting commands common to a code repository. When I first learned about Just, I realized that parsing arguments and running commands is exactly what shell scripts do, and there probably isn't much Just does that sh doesn't. This project proves that hypothesis by compiling Justfiles to portable (POSIX-compatible) shell scripts. just.sh is particularly useful for running Justfiles in esoteric environments where Just may…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Simple task/command runner with declarative goals and dependencies - xonixx/makesure
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Structured Output Is All You Need! Contribute to 0xfirattamur/llmdantic development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A Python micro-ORM. Contribute to manoss96/onlymaps development by creating an account on GitHub.
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Files and processes management in Python. Contribute to crugroup/spade development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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⚡️ Zap the mess out of the dependency jungles. Contribute to kivicode/pipzap development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Seamlessly manage Python virtual environment with a Makefile - sio/Makefile.venv
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A small clone of GNU Make based on file checksums. Contribute to aziis98/pyke development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Bundle up a pure python project into a single Cosmopolitan Python file that runs on Linux/Mac/Windows with no changes.
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Experimental directory and file creator. Contribute to madprops/dirfun development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A makefile used for running test executables. Contribute to box/Makefile.test development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! My name is Marko and I am working on a CI/CD system at harmont.dev, a CI/CD system that sucks slightly less. As I've been working on the cloud, I realized that the CLI might be generally useful as a task runner, even if you don't care for our CI/CD, and that's what I'm sharing here! Every CI system I've used at Tesla, Bun, and mesa.dev has had the same problems: stateless and slow (GHA), or stateful and horizontally unscalable (Jenkins), with YAML on top of either. The straw that broke the camel's back for me was the realization that all my Claudes are waiting upwards…
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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interactive test runner for rust projects. Contribute to onur-ozkan/cargo-qtest development by creating an account on GitHub.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Minimalistic "Fork me on GitHub". Contribute to muhammadmuzzammil1998/OctoCSS development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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lonetwin's pimped-up pythonrc. Contribute to lonetwin/pythonrc development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I kept seeing people making macOS apps for their one-off use cases and automations. I thought surely the hassle of paying for an Apple dev account and fighting with code signing and notarization would be a deterrent for most people. Viberunner is a container environment that lets you build macOS apps with simple prompts. You can run the apps in a new tab, a new window, or even as a system menu bar app. You can create things like: - a clipboard manager - an image redactor - a note-taking tool that saves a daily note to a folder on your desktop - a desktop organizer that cleans up your…
2025 · viberunner.me · its alternatives →
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A fast, cross-platform build tool inspired by Make, designed for modern workflows. - task/README.md at main · go-task/task
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Command Line Manager + Interactive Shell for Python Projects - rochacbruno-archive/manage
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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