Vfox Backend experimental

Vfox plugins may be used in mise to install tools.

The code for this is inside the mise repository at ./src/backend/vfox.rs.

Dependencies

No dependencies are required for vfox. Vfox lua code is read via a lua interpreter built into mise.

Usage

The following installs the latest version of cmake and sets it as the active version on PATH:

$ mise use -g vfox:version-fox/vfox-cmake
$ cmake --version
cmake version 3.21.3

The version will be set in ~/.config/mise/config.toml with the following format:

[tools]
"vfox:version-fox/vfox-cmake" = "latest"

Default plugin backend

On Windows, mise uses vfox plugins by default. If you'd like to use plugins by default even on Linux/macOS, set the following settings:

mise settings add disable_backends asdf

Now you can list available plugins with mise registry:

$ mise registry | grep vfox:
clang                         vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-clang
cmake                         vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-cmake
crystal                       vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-crystal
dart                          vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-dart
dotnet                        vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-dotnet
etcd                          aqua:etcd-io/etcd vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-etcd
flutter                       vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-flutter
gradle                        aqua:gradle/gradle vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-gradle
groovy                        vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-groovy
kotlin                        vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-kotlin
maven                         aqua:apache/maven vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-maven
php                           vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-php
scala                         vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-scala
terraform                     aqua:hashicorp/terraform vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-terraform
vlang                         vfox:mise-plugins/vfox-vlang

And they will be installed when running commands such as mise use -g cmake without needing to specify vfox:cmake.

Plugins

In addition to the standard vfox plugins, mise supports modern plugins that can manage multiple tools using the plugin:tool format. These plugins are perfect for:

• Installing tools from private repositories
• Package managers (npm, pip, etc.)
• Custom tool families

Example: Plugin Usage

# Install a plugin
mise plugin install my-plugin https://github.com/username/my-plugin

# Use the plugin:tool format
mise install my-plugin:[email protected]
mise use my-plugin:some-tool@latest

For more information, see:

• Using Plugins - End-user guide
• Plugin Development - Developer guide