Broccoli AlternativesBuild Systems and other similar apps like Broccoli

Broccoli is described as 'A fast, reliable asset pipeline, supporting constant-time rebuilds and compact build definitions. Comparable to the Rails asset pipeline in scope, though it runs on Node and is backend-agnostic' and is a Build System in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Broccoli for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted and Node.JS apps. The best Broccoli alternative is Gulp.js, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Broccoli are Grunt, Webpack, esbuild and Parcel JS.

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  1. Gulp.js icon
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    A toolkit to automate & enhance your workflow. Leverage gulp and the flexibility of JavaScript to automate slow, repetitive workflows and compose them into efficient build pipelines.

    13 Gulp.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Node.JS
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Gulp.js is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Broccoli.

    • Gulp.js is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Broccoli.

    • Gulp.js is Free and Open SourceBroccoli is also Free and Open Source
  2. Grunt icon
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    Automates repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, and linting using a Gruntfile. Vast ecosystem offers hundreds of plugins, enabling easy task automation with minimal effort. Create custom plugins or choose from existing ones for various development needs.

    14 Grunt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     
    • Grunt is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Broccoli.

    • Grunt is Free and Open SourceBroccoli is also Free and Open Source
  3. Webpack icon
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    Webpack is a module bundler for modern JavaScript applications. When webpack processes your application, it recursively builds a dependency graph that includes every module your application needs, then packages all of those modules into a small number of bundles — often only one...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Parcel JS icon
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    Parcel combines a great out-of-the-box development experience with a scalable architecture that can take your project from just getting started to massive production application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Brunch.io icon
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    Brunch lets you focus on what matters most — solving real problems instead of messing around with the glue.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     
  6. Feri icon
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    The easy to use build tool for web files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Node.JS
    • Self-Hosted
    • npm
     
  7. Assemble icon
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    Static site generator for Grunt.js and Yeoman. Assemble makes it dead simple to build modular sites, blogs, gh-pages, components and documentation from reusable templates and data. | Static site generator for Grunt.js and Yeoman.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Yeoman
    • Node.JS
    • Grunt
     
  8. Yeoman icon
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    Yeoman is a robust and opinionated client-side stack, comprising tools and frameworks that can help developers quickly build beautiful web applications. We take care of providing everything needed to get started without any of the normal headaches associated with a manual setup.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Turbopack icon
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    Turbopack is an incremental bundler optimized for JavaScript and TypeScript, written in Rust by the creators of webpack and Next.js at Vercel.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
     
  10. Mimosa icon
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    A lightning-fast build tool for modern web development. Mimosa includes support for JavaScript, CSS, and template compilers, bower, linting, optimization, serving, RequireJS support, and Live Reload. It is also modular and pluggable for authoring your own functionality.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Node.JS
     
  11. Lineman icon
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    Lineman is a command-line utility that is hyper-focused on helping web developers build first-class JavaScript web applications. Lineman provides a thin wrapper around a number of client-side productivity tools (primarily Express, Grunt, and Testem), with the goal of helping...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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