pubware

Agnostic & extensible package publisher

• Overview
• Requirements
• Installation
• Usage
• Configuration
• Plugins
• Development
• License

Pubware is an agnostic and extensible package publisher. Pubware supports any npm, yarn, pnpm project, or other publishing processes (Python packages, Ruby gems, etc.) with a Node runtime. Additionally, functionality can be extended with community-made plugins. Pubware can be customized to any publishing requirements.

• 💡 Intuitive DX
• 🏗️ Built with type-safety
• 🚀 Performant and minimal
• 🤯 Headless support (run in CI)
• 🏃 Dry runs for testing
• 🔌 Extensible functionality
• 🔄 Lifecycle hooks

• Node 18+

Install pubware as a dev dependency:

npm install -D pubware

Add the publish script to package.json:

"scripts": {
  "publish": "pubware"
}

Run the command:

npm run publish

Or with npx:

npx pubware

Pass the --dry-run arg to run and report on what changes would have happened:

npm run publish --dry-run

Pass the --headless arg to run without an interface (CI support):

npm run publish --headless

Configuration is supported with a pubware.json file or within package.json. You can pass values to plugins based on plugin-specific parameters.

{
  "pubware": {
    "plugins": {
      "internal": {
        "@pubware/npm": {},
        "@pubware/git": {}
      },
      "external": {
        "github": {},
        "slack": {},
        "custom-plugin": {
          "key": "value"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Plugins extend the functionality of pubware and can be configured per project. Plugins are defined in the configuration as either internal or external. The internal plugins come pre-bundled with pubware, such as the @pubware/npm and @pubware/git plugins. The external plugins represent the additional project-based plugins. All plugins are executed in the order they are defined.

The internal plugins, @pubware/npm and @pubware/git, have a unique disabled attribute, as well as their original configuration:

{
  "internal": {
    "@pubware/npm": {
      "disabled": false
    },
    "@pubware/git": {
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

Learn more about the @pubware/npm and @pubware/git plugins.

The external plugins can be used for any additional functionality:

{
  "external": {
    "gitlab": {},
    "discord": {},
    "doordash": {}
  }
}

Local plugins are also supported:

{
  "external": {
    "./plugin.js": {}
  }
}

Plugins support various utility methods and lifecycle hooks that make it easy to integrate with pubware.

Learn more about creating plugins.

Install the modules:

pnpm install

Create a build:

pnpm build

Link the build to your global node_modules:

pnpm link .

Run the build:

pnpm pubware

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