Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Xcode
- Eclipse
- Microsoft Visual Studio
Buildr is described as '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' and is a Build System in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Buildr for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best Buildr alternative is CMake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Buildr are GNU Make, Maven, Gradle and Ant.
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.
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.


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.
Powerfull and rich featured pure Java build and automation tool. Jerkar includes among others, dependency management, repository publication, super-easy build editing and depbugging.
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.


UPcmd is the most popular Android alternative to Buildr.
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.


xmake is the most popular iPhone alternative to Buildr.