magnit is a CLI tool to watch & recompile compass/stylus/less projects. It is a simple alternative to GUI applications like Scout and Koala, but it does not do watching and compilation itself, rather it uses existing executables of preprocessors.

Installing

gem install magnit

Specifying projects

Create a file ~/.magnitrc and specify your projects in the format:

/path/to/project/directory: command

For example:

~/my/compass/project: compass watch
/var/www/site 1/css/: stylus -w -c
/var/www/site 2/css/: stylus -w -c base.styl main.styl

The "command" must be a watcher command, here are examples:

• Sass: sass --watch
• Compass: compass watch
• Stylus: stylus -w -c

The command's working directory will be set to project's directory.

Usage

After running magnit you can interact with it using these commands:

• l: list projects
• w N: start watching project N (execute associated command)
• s N: stop watching N
• q: quit

N is zero-based index of the project displayed in the listing

License

Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file for details.