August is a build system much like others of the task-based genre. It uses a custom syntax for configuring builds and can import other files for the purpose of modularity.
The recommended installation method is via Cargo:
sh
cargo install august-build
To install from source, clone the repo, run the following command and copy out the binary:
sh
cargo build --release
Writing the getting started documentation is still in progress, but most of the implementation details have been written up.
To view the docs locally (for now until I get some proper hosting), you will need pip:
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pip install mkdocs-material
mkdocs serve
August is only made possible thanks to the efforts of many others.
Here they all are:
- ariadne: Beautiful parser error handling by @zesterer
- clap: Derive-based command-line argument parser
- comfy-table: Beautiful table generation for august info by @Nukesor
- dirs: Used exclusively for finding the home directory
- owo-colors: Vibrant colouring for displaying CLI execution by @jam1garner
- run-script: Used so I don't have to think about argument separation in the exec command by @sagiegurari
- walkdir: Directory recursion for module resolution by @BurntSushi
If you use August in your project, you can add this badge to your README: 
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[](https://github.com/ScratchCat458/august-build)