Tech riderRev. 22 Sept 2026
- 1Runs onLinux, Mac, Windows
- 2CostsNot stated by the maker
- 3Build as codeYes
- 4Dependency lockingYes
- 5Build cachingYes
- 6Remote executionYes
- 7Artifact packagingYes
- 8Supported operating systemsmulti-platform
7 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: moonrepo.dev
Overview
moon is ranked #10 of 40 in build automation software on Specifiction. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows.
Compared on build automation software
- Build as code
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- Dependency locking
- Yesmoonrepo.dev
- Build caching
- Yesmoonrepo.dev
- Remote execution
- Yesmoonrepo.dev
- Artifact packaging
- Yesmoonrepo.dev
- Supported operating systems
- multi-platformmoonrepo.dev
Facts
- Purpose
- moon is a repository management, organization, orchestration, and notification tool for web ecosystem codebases.moonrepo.dev · 3 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- moon is designed to simplify work in complex monorepos with multiple projects, languages, and team members.moonrepo.dev · 3 Oct 2026
- Incremental adoption
- Teams can adopt moon project by project or task by task.moonrepo.dev · 3 Oct 2026
- Task execution
- moon uses smart hashing, caching, dependency graphs, parallel actions, and incremental builds to avoid unnecessary work.moonrepo.dev · 3 Oct 2026
- Organization
- Its features include project graphs, code generation, dependency workspaces, ownership metadata, and CODEOWNERS generation.moonrepo.dev · 3 Oct 2026
- Toolchain
- moon can automatically download and install pinned tool versions, including Node.js and other supported tools.moonrepo.dev · 3 Oct 2026
- Language support
- The documentation lists support tiers for Bash/Batch, Bun, Deno, Go, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and other languages, with some support marked experimental.moonrepo.dev · 3 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- The published targets cover 64-bit macOS, Linux, and Windows on specified Intel and ARM architectures.moonrepo.dev · 3 Oct 2026
- Installation
- moon ships as a single binary with no external dependencies and can be installed through proto, shell scripts, npm-compatible package managers, Nix, or release downloads.moonrepo.dev · 3 Oct 2026
- Remote caching
- Remote caching can use a Bazel Remote Execution API compatible self-hosted service or Depot Cache; remote caching is optional.moonrepo.dev · 3 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- The remote caching guide says moon does not collect personally identifiable information through remote caching and relies on the cloud storage provider for artifact encryption.moonrepo.dev · 3 Oct 2026
- TLS support
- The guide describes TLS and mTLS support for self-hosted remote caching as rudimentary, unstable, and not thoroughly tested.moonrepo.dev · 3 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- Action distribution across multiple machines is marked as coming soon in the feature list.moonrepo.dev · 3 Oct 2026
- Support channels
- The site links to GitHub and Discord for support and community access.moonrepo.dev · 3 Oct 2026
- What it does
- moon is a Rust-based task runner and monorepo management tool for the web ecosystem.moonrepo.dev · 4 Oct 2026
- Project organization
- moon can generate a project graph, scaffold projects, inherit tasks, and declare code owners.moonrepo.dev · 4 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The documentation lists full toolchain support for Bun, Deno, Node.js, Go, and Rust, with experimental support for Python and Ruby.moonrepo.dev · 4 Oct 2026
- CI integrations
- The CI guide provides integration examples for GitHub Actions, Buildkite, CircleCI, and Travis CI.moonrepo.dev · 4 Oct 2026
- Git support
- moon supports Git submodules, subtrees, worktrees, and bare repositories.moonrepo.dev · 4 Oct 2026
- Notifications
- moon can send pipeline webhook events; the product page marks webhook events experimental.moonrepo.dev · 4 Oct 2026
- Security and consistency
- The toolchain documentation says managed tools are isolated from external sources and use identical versions and enabled features across environments.moonrepo.dev · 4 Oct 2026
- Platform limits
- The product page lists Linux, macOS, and Windows as supported development platforms.moonrepo.dev · 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The official site links to GitHub and Discord for support.moonrepo.dev · 4 Oct 2026
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Sources
- moonrepo.dev/docs· checked 3 Oct 2026
- moonrepo.dev· checked 3 Oct 2026
- moonrepo.dev/docs/install· checked 3 Oct 2026
- moonrepo.dev/docs/guides/remote-cache· checked 3 Oct 2026
- moonrepo.dev/moon· checked 4 Oct 2026
- moonrepo.dev/docs/guides/ci· checked 4 Oct 2026
- moonrepo.dev/docs/concepts/toolchain· checked 4 Oct 2026