11 comments

  • figmert 18 hours ago
    But why? Mise does this and more. It can install binaries from github, gitlab, uv, npm, and many more.
    • magnio 14 hours ago
      Heck, mise has an HTTP backend that can install binaries from any URL. I use this to manage Atlassian CLI, whose official Windows binary is not on winget.
    • nulldomain 17 hours ago
      Agreed, this looks like a far more limited mise alternative that still requires a completely different tool to run.

      Not sure if I'm misunderstanding the private binaries concept - what advantage does gzipping and encrypting the binary and putting it in an unlisted gist have over just storing a release in a private git repo only I can access with my PAT or key? Seems needlessly complicated.

    • christoff12 13 hours ago
      TIL about Mise; looks nifty.
    • sscaryterry 16 hours ago
      mise ftw!
  • ramon156 19 hours ago
    If you're going to let an LLM write docs, at least let them write to the target of the dev. this README seems more internal, or more like a pitch, i suppose. It's weird.
  • pseufaux 18 hours ago
    But isn't this built into uv already? Just point the sources table to GitHub.

    https://docs.astral.sh/uv/concepts/projects/dependencies/#pr...

    • mr_mitm 18 hours ago
      AFAIK uv installs python packages only. This fetches and runs binaries from Github.
      • broknbottle 4 hours ago
        I’m this is not true, uv + wheels you can install binaries
      • pseufaux 18 hours ago
        Ah. Missed that. Thank you
  • bavarianbob 14 hours ago
    This is pretty cool, I'm doing something similar for binaries I use on my computer - https://github.com/chasen-bettinger/conf/blob/main/binaries....
  • oftenwrong 10 hours ago
  • droelf 18 hours ago
    For pixi we also created a octoconda & a "github-releases" channel: https://prefix.dev/blog/octoconda-repackage-github-binary-re...
  • whinvik 16 hours ago
    This is pretty neat.

    I am more used to uv than pixi or mise so it would be an easier addition to my workflow.

    However I do think it would probably be nicer if this kind of approach used conda packages as a source of truth. So kind of like pixi but without pixi!

  • _ZeD_ 19 hours ago
    from TFA

        uv run ohbin run rg -- TODO src/
    
    yeaaah
  • notmarkeloff 17 hours ago
    [dead]
  • jpollock 17 hours ago
    Isn't this the problem bazel's supposed to solve?
    • jitl 14 hours ago
      there are a few projects not using bazel