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Grunt
A task-based command line build tool for JavaScript projects written on top of Node.js. It’s available as a package via the Node package manager (npm). Used to automatically perform frequent tasks such as minification, compilation, unit testing, and linting.
| First released | 2012 |
| Developed by | Ben Alman |
| Open-source | Yes |
| Used by | Twitter, Adobe, jQuery, SauceLabs, Filament Group |
Interesting facts
Grunt has a huge ecosystem of plugins to perform various tasks at the same time (over 6010 items in Grunt plugin registry).
