Quake

A task runner and build tool with a simple, readable syntax.

Note: Quake is an internal tool built by the Miren team. We built it to give us something a little bit nicer than make, and also for fun. See CONTRIBUTING.md for more context on the project's scope.

Installation

go install miren.dev/quake@latest

Quick Start

Create a Quakefile in your project:

task default => build

task build {
    go build -o myapp .
}

task test {
    go test ./...
}

task clean {
    rm -rf build/
}

Run tasks:

quake          # runs default task
quake build    # runs build task
quake -l       # list all tasks

Features

• Simple, readable task syntax
• Task dependencies (task build => test)
• Task arguments (task deploy(env))
• Variables and expressions
• Namespaces for organization
• Go task integration (write tasks in Go)
• Claude AI integration for generating tasks (quake -g)

Usage

quake [options] [task] [args...]

Options:
  -l, --list      List all tasks
  -v              Verbose output (show source locations with -l)
  -g, --generate  Generate a new task using Claude AI
  --init          Initialize a new Quakefile using Claude AI
  -f, --file      Path to Quakefile

Syntax

See the included Quakefile for a full example.

Editor Support

A Neovim plugin with syntax highlighting is included in the nvim/ directory.

License

Apache License 2.0 - see LICENSE for details.