MAD: Manage Dependencies

A simple rebar-compatible dependency manager and developer
tool with plugins for Windows, Linux and Mac.

Goals

It shall:

• be compatible with rebar configuration.
• be as small and fast as possible.

Features

• Support rebar.config
• Support OTP releases and directory structure
• Fast deps resolving and cycles detecting
• Fast compilation
• Small codebase: 1K LOC
• DTL/YECC/LEEX/PORT/SCRIPT/APP/ERL compilation
• BEAM bundles (single-file escriptized app)
• BEAM releases (faster and smaller than RELX)
• Start/Stop/Attach
• Static files generation with node.js tools

Build

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    $ make

And put mad to PATH.

Building OTP Release

Releases are bundles made by release_handler module of sasl applications.
It has it own fat bootstripts along with erlang runtime included.
This allows you to distribute you applications with copy deploy
without Erlang prerequisite.

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    $ ./mad app web sample
    $ cd sample
    $ ../mad dep com pla rel

Documentation

If you are new or need to determine whether the MAD architecture and
philosophy is a fit for your project

• Official MAD brochure PDF

Credits

• Maxim Sokhatsky
• Sina Samavati
• Vladimir Kirillov
• Taras Taraskin