Alternatives to Autoconf for all platforms with any license

CMake

CMake is a family of tools designed to build, test and package software. CMake is used to control the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler...

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Ant

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. Most actions are...

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SCons

SCons is an Open Source software construction tool—that is, a next-generation build tool. Think of SCons as an improved, cross-platform substitute for the classic Make...

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GNU Make

Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.

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Ninja Build

Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed. It differs from other build systems in two major respects: it is designed to have its input files generated by a...

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MakeMe

Embedthis MakeMe is a modern replacement for make and autoconf. It manages the building of programs and products by direct compilation and the generation of IDE projects...

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Premake

Powerfully simple build configuration Describe your software project just once, using Premake's simple and easy to read syntax, and build it everywhere. Generate...

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Meson

Meson is an open source build system meant to be both extremely fast, and, even more importantly, as user friendly as possible.

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qmake

qmake is a tool from The Qt Company that helps simplify the build process for development project across different platforms. qmake automates the generation of Makefiles...

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waf

Waf is a Python-based framework for configuring, compiling and installing applications.

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tup

Tup is a file-based build system for Linux, OSX, and Windows. It inputs a list of file changes and a directed acyclic graph (DAG), then processes the DAG to execute the...

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makebreed

makebreed is a customizable shell script (./configure) that generates makefiles for C/C++ development projects using the gcc compiler. It is a simple, clean and easy...

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autosetup

autosetup is a tool, similar to autoconf, to configure a build system for the appropriate environment, according to the system capabilities and the user-selected options.

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Setup.shl

A pure Bash build tool/library, useful to describe composable, expressive build processes.

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