Ctrl-C leaves nothing running
No dev server still holding its port the next morning.
Ctrl-C signals every task’s whole process group, not only the shell vx started. vx waits a grace period, sends SIGKILL to whatever is left and reaps it.
Nothing outlives the run, so the next one finds its ports free.
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The task picker
Type vx run with no task and pick one from a menu.
Framed output
Sixteen tasks in parallel, and no interleaved lines.
A summary you read at a glance
Every run ends with one block, and nothing prints below it.
Every skip names its blocker
No mystery “skipped” count on a red run.
Dev servers in the graph
A server is ready when it prints a line, not after sleep 5.
Watch mode
Every change takes the same path as vx run, and the key decides what re-runs.
Shell completions
Tab-complete every verb and flag in bash, zsh and fish.
Typo hints
A filter that matches nothing asks “Did you mean @acme/app?”.
vx upgrade
The release binary updates itself, digest checked.
Tasks that take the keyboard
A prompt, a REPL or a login flow gets the terminal to itself.
Help where you type
Every verb explains itself with vx help, and vx version says what you run.
Typos get an answer
A mistyped flag, verb or task gets the nearest real spelling.
Type the task, get the command
vx build answers with the vx run command that does what you meant.