mise

name	mise
description	Mise dev tool manager — installing tools, running mise-managed commands, and configuring .mise.toml. Use when installing tools, running CLI commands that aren't found, or setting up project environments.

Mise

mise manages all dev tools and runtimes. It replaces nvm, pyenv, goenv, and manual binary installs.

Key problem: shell activation

In non-interactive shells (CI, agent contexts, subprocesses), mise shims may not be on $PATH. If a command fails with "not found" and the tool is mise-managed, use:

mise exec -- <command> [args...]

This is the single most common agent mistake. Always try mise exec -- before concluding a tool is missing.

Common commands

Discovery

mise which gh              # Check if gh is managed by mise
mise ls                    # List all installed tools + versions
mise ls --current          # Show tools active in current directory

Installing tools

mise use go@1.24           # Add to local .mise.toml (project-scoped)
mise use --global gh@latest # Add globally (~/.config/mise/config.toml)
mise install               # Install all tools from .mise.toml

Running tools

mise exec -- gh pr create          
mise  -- kubectl get pods      
mise  node@22 -- node -v