If you're going to use it like Make without the build system parts, why not just have a directory of tiny scripts? More portable than either, the only boilerpla

If you're going to use it like Make without the build system parts, why not just have a directory of tiny scripts? More portable than either, the only boilerplate is a shebang line, and you can use static analysis tools (shellcheck), formatters (shfmt) and the like. Take the example they've screenshotted in the readme[1]: alias b := build host := `uname -a` # build main build: cc *.c -o main # test everything test-all: build ./test --all # run a specific test test TEST: build ./test --test {{TEST}} The equivalent would just be something like the following: build.bash: #!/usr/bin/env bash set -o errexit cc *.c -o main test-all.bash: #!/usr/bin/env bash set -o errexit "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/build.bash" ./test --all test.bash: #!/usr/bin/env bash set -o errexit "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/build.bash" ./test --test "$@" If you want to get really fancy you could make a common.bash with safety pragmas and things like the host string. [1]: https://github.com/casey/just/blob/master/examples/screenshot.just https://github.com/casey/just/blob/master/examples/screensho...