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I've started using Mise for some stuff at work. Haven't digged in a lot yet, but looks really promising.

https://mise.jdx.dev/

It handles task running (wipe local test db, run linting scripts, etc), environment variables and 'virtual environments', as well as replacing stuff like asdf, nvm, pyenv and rbenv.

Still somewhat early days, tasks are experimental. But looks very promising and the stuff I've tried to far (tasks) works really well.

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I second mise, it's been a nice replacement for direnv, asdf and makefiles for my use case. Much faster, still compatible with the old configuration files when needed and all in one tool for the new projects. Awesome.

Yes, also definitely a big vote for Mise.

I’ve switched recently from asdf for managing language & tool versions and the ergonomics are much nicer (eg one command vs having to manually install plugins, etc., more logical commands) It’s also noticeably faster.

Regarding the env vars features, a couple of relevant Mise issues around people trying to integrate env var secrets using SOPS, 1Password, etc.

- https://github.com/jdx/mise/issues/1617

- https://github.com/jdx/mise/issues/1359

Seconded. I changed from pyenv to mise because pyenv was slowing down my shell startup (probably the shims, which mise doesn't use by default), and I'm slowly using mise for more stuff. Right now, I'm using it to auto-turn on virtual environments and add project scripts to the PATH, and it works very well.

I haven't felt the need to use it as a task runner yet, but that's probably because I'm used to having a bunch of shell and Python scripts in a `scripts` folder.

Add another vote for mise. For me it replaced asdf, pyenv, poetry, and direnv. Biggest thing for me is it _just works_:tm:.

I use asdf at work and mise at home. I only use it for runtime version management and it’s great!

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