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