diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9d1f8a8..6cafa26 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1450,6 +1450,18 @@ version = "1.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "75b325c5dbd37f80359721ad39aca5a29fb04c89279657cffdda8736d0c0b9d2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "duct"
+version = "0.13.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e4ab5718d1224b63252cd0c6f74f6480f9ffeb117438a2e0f5cf6d9a4798929c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "os_pipe",
+ "shared_child",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dunce"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -3627,6 +3639,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "os_pipe"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ffd2b0a5634335b135d5728d84c5e0fd726954b87111f7506a61c502280d982"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "os_str_bytes"
 version = "6.6.1"
@@ -3698,6 +3720,17 @@ version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "57c0d7b74b563b49d38dae00a0c37d4d6de9b432382b2892f0574ddcae73fd0a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pbr"
+version = "1.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed5827dfa0d69b6c92493d6c38e633bbaa5937c153d0d7c28bf12313f8c6d514"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.3.1"
@@ -4353,9 +4386,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.122"
+version = "1.0.125"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "784b6203951c57ff748476b126ccb5e8e2959a5c19e5c617ab1956be3dbc68da"
+checksum = "83c8e735a073ccf5be70aa8066aa984eaf2fa000db6c8d0100ae605b366d31ed"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "memchr",
@@ -4402,6 +4435,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.71",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shared_child"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09fa9338aed9a1df411814a5b2252f7cd206c55ae9bf2fa763f8de84603aa60c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -5536,6 +5579,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.59.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -5864,21 +5916,6 @@ version = "0.8.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "791978798f0597cfc70478424c2b4fdc2b7a8024aaff78497ef00f24ef674193"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "xshell"
-version = "0.2.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6db0ab86eae739efd1b054a8d3d16041914030ac4e01cd1dca0cf252fd8b6437"
-dependencies = [
- "xshell-macros",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "xshell-macros"
-version = "0.2.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9d422e8e38ec76e2f06ee439ccc765e9c6a9638b9e7c9f2e8255e4d41e8bd852"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "xtask"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -5886,11 +5923,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "cargo_metadata",
  "cfg-expr 0.16.0",
  "clap",
+ "duct",
  "env_logger",
  "log",
  "nih_plug_xtask",
+ "pbr",
+ "serde_json",
  "strum",
- "xshell",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
index 1335f9d..8a644d1 100644
--- a/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.15", features = ["derive"] }
 strum = { version = "0.26.3", features = ["derive"] }
-xshell = "0.2.6"
+duct = "0.13.7"
 cargo_metadata = "0.18.1"
 cfg-expr = "0.16.0"
+pbr = "1.1.1"
+serde_json = "1.0.125"
 nih_plug_xtask = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 env_logger = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index 6863da7..be0db7f 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-use std::io::BufRead;
-
 use clap::Parser;
 use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
-use xshell::Shell;
 
 use args::*;
 use types::*;
@@ -281,9 +278,8 @@ fn run_build(
 }
 
 static INSTALLED_TRIPLES: std::sync::LazyLock<Vec<String>> = std::sync::LazyLock::new(|| {
-    let sh = Shell::new().expect("failed to open shell");
-    match xshell::cmd!(sh, "rustup target list --installed").output() {
-        Ok(output) => output.stdout.lines().map_while(Result::ok).collect(),
+    match duct::cmd!("rustup", "target", "list", "--installed").read() {
+        Ok(output) => output.lines().map(String::from).collect(),
         Err(e) => {
             log::error!("Error listing installed targets: {e:?}");
             std::process::exit(0);
@@ -307,11 +303,12 @@ fn cargo_exec(
     impl Iterator<Item = std::io::Result<cargo_metadata::Message>>,
     Box<dyn std::error::Error>,
 > {
-    let sh = Shell::new()?;
-
     let release = if debug { "" } else { "--release" };
 
     let renderer = renderer.as_feature();
+
+    println!("Building {package} with {renderer} renderer for target {triple}");
+
     let args=format!("{verb} -q -p {package} --target {triple} {release} --no-default-features -F {renderer} --message-format=json");
     let args = args.split_whitespace().map(|s| s.to_string());
     let args = if let Some(additional_flags) = additional_flags {
@@ -320,11 +317,32 @@ fn cargo_exec(
         args.collect::<Vec<_>>()
     };
 
-    let output = sh.cmd("cargo").args(args).read()?;
+    let build_plan: serde_json::Value = {
+        let mut args = args.clone();
+        args.extend_from_slice(&["-Zunstable-options".into(), "--build-plan".into()]);
+        let output = duct::cmd("cargo", args).read()?;
+        serde_json::from_str(output.lines().nth(1).unwrap())?
+    };
 
-    Ok(cargo_metadata::Message::parse_stream(std::io::Cursor::new(
-        output,
-    )))
+    let num_invocations = build_plan["invocations"].as_array().unwrap().len();
+
+    let output = duct::cmd("cargo", args).stdout_capture().reader()?;
+    let mut pb = pbr::ProgressBar::new(num_invocations.try_into().unwrap());
+    pb.message("Building crate ");
+    pb.show_time_left = false;
+    pb.show_speed = false;
+
+    Ok(
+        cargo_metadata::Message::parse_stream(std::io::BufReader::new(output)).inspect(move |v| {
+            match v {
+                Ok(cargo_metadata::Message::BuildScriptExecuted(_))
+                | Ok(cargo_metadata::Message::CompilerArtifact(_)) => {
+                    pb.inc();
+                }
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }),
+    )
 }
 
 fn as_artifact(message: cargo_metadata::Message) -> Option<cargo_metadata::Artifact> {