mise/Backend

• mise Backends

  • In mise, each mise/Tool is supported by and implemented through a Backend, which is essentialy a type of mise plugin that adds support for a new type of mise/Tools for the mise ecosystem. The term Backend in mise refers to the rust code needed to run a tool, even if the tool is written in another language or uses another CLI tool.

  • Types of Backends

    • Core Tools

      • This category of tool backend wraps Programming Languages with Rust code so mise can run things from that language very easily.

      • Examples

        • each of these have native rust tool backends that make it so mise can run things in those languages:
          • NodeJS
          • Python
          • Ruby
          • Go
          • Java

      • important conceptual distinction about core tools

        • each of these (e.g. Node.js) is itself also an instance of a single mise/Tool that happens to be implemented in mise in rust as a dedicated backend.

    • Programming Language Package Managers - Language Package Managers

      • This category of backends wrap package managers themselves and make them directly executable in mise.

      • Examples

        • npm - mise/Backend/npm
        • pipx
        • cargo

    • Other

      • Examples
        • packslip - mise/Backend/packslip
        • vfox - mise/Backend/vfox