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mise

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Three barsScore 6.5

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

mise is ranked #9 of 26 in development environment management tools on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

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mise (open-source CLI) Free MIT licensed · macOS, Linux, Windows mise.en.dev · 2 Oct 2026

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Runtime management: Yes
Dependency locking: Yes
Configuration as code: Yes
Shell integration: Yes
Container support: Yes

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The record

Purpose: mise is a development environment setup tool that uses mise.toml to configure project tools, environments, and commands.
Tool management: It installs development tools and selects versions per project, with support for hundreds of tools.
Environments: It manages project environment variables and can automatically activate Python virtual environments when entering projects.
Task runner: It lets developers share project tasks and run tasks when files change.
Configuration: A project's mise.toml can declare tools, environment variables, and tasks, while global configuration supplies personal defaults.
Shell support: Shell activation is documented for bash, zsh, fish, nushell, PowerShell, and other shells.
Tool registry: The registry maps short tool names to installation backends, and the documentation says mise can list registered tools with mise registry.
Integrations: The documentation covers IDE integration and provides a GitHub Actions integration through mise-action.
CI support: The CI documentation also includes examples for GitLab CI and Xcode Cloud.
Security: The documentation describes safe mode as a way to prevent project configuration from executing code or injecting environment variables in supported operations.
Security limits: The documentation says some backends need code execution and cannot resolve versions in safe mode.
Configuration trust: The getting-started guide advises reviewing other people's configuration because tasks, hooks, and some environment directives can execute code.
Support: The project invites questions, bug reports, and suggestions and directs users to its contact guidance.
Maker: The project says mise was initially created by Jeff Dickey and is developed with contributors.
Price from: Free

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mise.en.dev/about.html· checked 2 Oct 2026
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mise.en.dev/continuous-integration.html· checked 2 Oct 2026
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