# jake

> JavaScript build tool, similar to Make or Rake

Latest version **12.10.1** (published 2026-05-25) · Apache-2.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install jake
pnpm add jake
yarn add jake
bun add jake
```

Provides the command `jake`.

## Health

**Score 53/100 (C)** — status: active.

Positive: has types package; no vulnerabilities; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads; no esm support.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 12.10.1 |
| Published | 2026-05-25 |
| First published | 2011-03-26 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | separate (@types/jake) |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >=10 |
| Dependencies | 3 |
| Unpacked size | 178.7 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 1974 |
| Author | Matthew Eernisse |
| Maintainers | ondrej, danfinlay, benng, mde |
| Keywords | build, cli, make, rake |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/jake
- Repository: https://github.com/jakejs/jake
- Homepage: https://github.com/jakejs/jake#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/jakejs/jake/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/jake

## Dependencies (3)

- [async](https://npm.io/package/async.md) ^3.2.6
- [filelist](https://npm.io/package/filelist.md) ^2.0.2
- [picocolors](https://npm.io/package/picocolors.md) ^1.1.1

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## Recent versions

- 12.10.1 (latest) — 2026-05-25
- 12.9.7 — 2026-04-11
- 12.9.6 — 2026-04-11
- 11.9.5 — 2026-02-25
- 10.9.4 — 2025-08-03
- 10.9.2 — 2024-07-18
- 10.9.1 — 2024-05-03
- 10.8.7 — 2023-05-27
- 10.8.6 — 2023-05-15
- 10.8.5 — 2022-04-20
- 10.8.4 — 2022-03-19
- 10.8.3 — 2022-03-19
- 10.8.2 — 2020-06-09
- 10.8.1 — 2020-05-30
- 10.7.1 — 2020-05-22
- … 157 more at https://npm.io/package/jake/versions

## README

### Jake -- the JavaScript build tool for Node.js

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/jakejs/jake.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/jakejs/jake)

Documentation site at [http://jakejs.com](http://jakejs.com/)

### Contributing
1. [Install node](http://nodejs.org/#download).
2. Clone this repository `$ git clone git@github.com:jakejs/jake.git`.
3. Install dependencies `$ npm install`.
4. Run tests with `$ npm test`.
5. Start Hacking!

### License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
(<http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>)

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