# just 1.52.0

- Product: just (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/just)
- Vendor: Casey Rodarmor
- Date: 2026-06-08
- Version: 1.52.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/casey/just/releases/tag/1.52.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/just/releases/1.52.0

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- **added** — Add `[shell]` attribute to override `default-script` setting
- **added** — Add `default-script` setting
- **added** — Add `--default-list` flag
- **added** — Add `default-list` setting
- **changed** — Disable aliases that depend on absent modules
- **changed** — Print formatted justfile to stdout when source is stdin
- **changed** — Allow search directory with more subcommands
- **changed** — Disable recipes that depend on absent modules
- **changed** — Include UTF-8 byte-order mark in PowerShell scripts
- **changed** — Remove options from `--list` output

###### Added
- Add `[shell]` attribute to override `default-script` setting ([#3359](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3359) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Add `default-script` setting ([#3354](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3354) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Add `--default-list` flag ([#3350](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3350) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Add `default-list` setting ([#3337](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3337) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))

###### Changed
- Disable aliases that depend on absent modules ([#3358](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3358) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Print formatted justfile to stdout when source is stdin ([#3356](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3356) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Allow search directory with more subcommands ([#3353](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3353) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Disable recipes that depend on absent modules ([#3352](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3352) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))

###### Misc
- Improve absent optional module error messages ([#3357](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3357) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Alphabetize Attribute derive macro order ([#3355](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3355) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Include UTF-8 byte-order mark in PowerShell scripts ([#3347](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3347) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Remove options from `--list` output ([#3346](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3346) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Switch from ansi_term to nu_ansi_term ([#3344](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3344) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))
- Remove redundant argument parser attributes ([#3340](https://github.com/casey/just/pull/3340) by [casey](https://github.com/casey))