Automake Alternatives

Automake is described as 'GNU Automake is a programming tool that produces portable makefiles for use by the make program, used in compiling software' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Automake for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best Automake alternative is CMake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Automake are GNU Make, Ant, MSBuild and SCons.

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  1. Task icon

    Task

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    Task is a task runner / build tool that aims to be simpler and easier to use than, for example, GNU Make.

    38 Task alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
     
  2. RiotKit Do icon

    RiotKit Do

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    RKD: Task executor - balance between Makefile and Gradle. Written in Python. Powerful tool for every DevOps. Automates production tasks as well as local development tasks.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. makebreed icon

    makebreed

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    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 alternative to other build systems like cmake or gnu autotools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. S

    Setup.shl

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    setup - A simple Bash library for setting up a directory structure using Makefile-like definitions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
     
  6. Reggae build system icon

    Reggae build system

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    Reggae is a (meta) build system with multiple front (D, Python, Ruby, Javascript, Lua) and backends (make, ninja, tup, custom). This is alpha software, only tested on Linux and likely to have breaking changes made.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Bazel icon

    Bazel

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    Bazel is an open-source build and test tool similar to Make, Maven, and Gradle. It uses a human-readable, high-level build language. Bazel supports projects in multiple languages and builds outputs for multiple platforms.

    33 Bazel alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. W

    Werk

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    Werk is a command runner and simplistic build system. It is intended to supplant Make in projects that need a simple build tool adjacent to a main build system, such as Cargo or NPM.

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    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • BSD
     
  10. U

    UPcmd

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    A modern build, configuration management, ci/cd tool for automation Flexible data modelling, design of composition, OO and test driven Comprehensive workflow orchestration: full support all type of condition, loop(recursive), break, assert.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
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  11. xmake icon

    xmake

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    xmake is a cross-platform build utility based on Lua. The project focuses on making development and building easier and provides many features (e.g package, install, plugin, macro, action, option, task ...

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
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