ccache is a tool to help speed up recompiles of source code. It hashes previous compiles and if it sees the same file being built again with the same arguments it will reuse the previous results.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
Buck is described as 'Build system developed and used by Facebook. It encourages the creation of small, reusable modules consisting of code and resources, and supports a variety of languages on many platforms' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Buck for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best Buck alternative is CMake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Buck are GNU Make, Maven, Gradle and Ant.
ccache is a tool to help speed up recompiles of source code. It hashes previous compiles and if it sees the same file being built again with the same arguments it will reuse the previous results.
Cake (C# Make) is a cross-platform build automation system with a C# DSL for tasks such as compiling code, copying files and folders, running unit tests, compressing files and building NuGet packages.

EBuild is a software project build, dependency management and reporting technology. The aim is to be able to tackle any build problem in a structured, declarative and elegant way. It is extensible via a plugin interface.
NAnt is a free .NET build tool. In theory it is kind of like make without make's wrinkles. In practice it's a lot like Ant.
Task is a task runner / build tool that aims to be simpler and easier to use than, for example, GNU Make.
Apache Buildr is a build system for Java-based applications, including support for Scala, Groovy and a growing number of JVM languages and tools. We wanted something that’s simple and intuitive to use, so we only need to tell it what to do, and it takes care of the rest.
The easiest build framework you will ever use. Just answer three simple questions (What is the name of your solution? What is the path to source control? What is your company name?) and you are building.




xmake is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Buck.
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.
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.


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.
Next generation build system with first class monorepo support and powerful integrations.



Nx is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Buck.