--- title: Alternatives to Makefiles written in Go | daily.dev description: Discover alternatives to Makefiles written in Go, such as Taskfile and Mage. These tools offer advantages like familiarity with YAML and the power of a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/alternatives-to-makefiles-written-in-go-bskq01etk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Alternatives to Makefiles written in Go | daily.dev og:description: Discover alternatives to Makefiles written in Go, such as Taskfile and Mage. 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Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@tduyng** · 4 upvotes > In Rust, we have "justfile": > https://github.com/casey/just --- Tags: [#automation](https://daily.dev/tags/automation), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#golang](https://daily.dev/tags/golang) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/alternatives-to-makefiles-written-in-go-bskq01etk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Alternatives to Makefiles written in Go","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/alternatives-to-makefiles-written-in-go-bskq01etk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/alternatives-to-makefiles-written-in-go-bskq01etk"},"datePublished":"2024-05-30T22:34:23.892Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T03:43:51.254Z","description":"Discover alternatives to Makefiles written in Go, such as Taskfile and Mage. 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