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'''gulp''' is an [[Open-source software|open-source]] [[JavaScript]] toolkit created by Eric Schoffstall<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Developing a Gulp Edge|publisher=Bleeding Edge Press|year=2014|isbn=978-1-939902-14-6|edition=1st|author1=Jed Mao |author2=Maximilian Schmitt |author3=Tomasz Stryjewski |author4=Cary Country Holt |author5=William Lubelski }}</ref> used as a streaming [[build system]] (similar to a more package-focussedfocused [[Make (software)|Make]]) in [[front-end web development]].

It is a task runner built on [[Node.js]] and [[npm (software)|npm]], used for automation of time-consuming and repetitive tasks involved in web development like [[Minification (programming)|minification]], concatenation, cache busting, [[unit testing]], [[Linting software|linting]], optimization, etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/06/building-with-gulp/ |title=Building With Gulp – Smashing Magazine |website=Smashingmagazine.com |access-date=2016-12-14}}</ref>