Command-line tool

mk

brew/mk

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Wrapper for auto-detecting build and test commands in a repository

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install mk

macOS

brew install mk
pipx install mk

Linux

brew install mk
pipx install mk

Call the first target specified in the Mkfile (usually named "all")

mk

Call a specific target

mk target

Call a specific target, executing 4 jobs at a time in parallel

NPROC=4 mk target

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