Here's my modest collection of global tools I install in my dotfiles: https://github.com/JanPokorny/dotfiles/blob/master/dot_confi...
replyProjects then have their own dependencies, e.g. https://github.com/i-am-bee/agentstack/blob/main/mise.toml
Mise also has a task runner which automatically uses correct tools. Onboarding a new team member is super easy now, they just need Mise, "mise install" and they're up.
I really prefer to lock the version numbers instead:
reply mise use -g somepackage --pin
mise up -il
Mise now has lockfiles as a stable feature, which has the benefit of hash checking if you use Mise in a CI environment!
replyWhat were your criticisms, and what changed?
replyI've been using mise as a pure version manager for a pretty long time, and I had no idea you could use it for general tools like this.
replySame
replyHow does this even work? How does mise know how to install these things?
replyMise has many backends. A lot comes from Aqua / asdf, but there's others like GitHub, npm, cargo, http, etc.
replyIt's all fairly well documented here: https://mise.jdx.dev/dev-tools/backends/