Ant Alternatives
Ant is described as 'Apache Ant is an Open Source Java-based build tool (for software development). It uses XML files to describe, structure and control the build process' and is an app in the Development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Ant for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Android. The best alternative is CMake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ant are GNU Make (Free, Open Source), Ninja Build (Free, Open Source), Maven (Free, Open Source) and Gradle (Free, Open Source).
- CMake is a family of tools designed to build, test and package software. View 36 alternatives to CMake
- Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files. View 33 alternatives to GNU Make
- Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed. View 16 alternatives to Ninja BuildNo screenshots yet
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Apache Maven is a Java-based tool for build automation and project management (in software development). View 25 alternatives to Maven
- Gradle is build automation evolved. View 24 alternatives to Gradle
- SCons is an Open Source software construction tool—that is, a next-generation build tool. View 33 alternatives to SCons
- Powerfully simple build configuration View 18 alternatives to Premake
- Building Software Made Simple. View 12 alternatives to MakeMe
- Macros to produce shell scripts for automatically configuring source code packages. View 19 alternatives to Autoconf