Cake Alternatives

Cake is described as '(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' and is a Build System in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Cake for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Cake alternative is CMake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Cake are GNU Make, Maven, Gradle and pypyr.

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Cake (C# Make) is a cross-platform build automation system with a C# DSL for tasks such as compiling code, copying files...

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Cake alternatives page was last updated Sep 5, 2023
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  1. Meson icon
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    Meson is an open source build system meant to be both extremely fast, and, even more importantly, as user friendly as possible.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Meson Features

    1.  C support
    2.  C++ support
    3.  C++
    4.  Rust

    Meson VS Cake

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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xcode
    • Eclipse
    • Microsoft Visual Studio

    waf Features

    1.  Portable

    waf VS Cake

     
  3. SBT icon
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    SBT is a build tool for Scala. It is like Ant or Maven but with hieroglyphics.

    17 SBT alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    SBT VS Cake

     
  4. Phing icon
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    PHing Is Not GNU make; it's a PHP project build system or build tool based on ?Apache Ant. You can do anything with it that you could do with a traditional build system like GNU make, and its use of simple XML build files and extensible PHP "task" classes make it...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Phing VS Cake

     
  5. EBuild icon
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku

    EBuild Features

    1.  Build automation

    EBuild VS Cake

     
  6. NAnt icon
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    NAnt VS Cake

     
  7. Task icon
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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)

    Task VS Cake

     
  8. Buildr icon
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Buildr VS Cake

     
  9. UppercuT icon
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    UppercuT VS Cake

     
  10.  Like
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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD

    UPcmd VS Cake

     
    • UPcmd is the most popular Android alternative to Cake.

    • UPcmd is Free and Open SourceCake is also Free and Open Source
  11. Nx icon
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    Next generation build system with first class monorepo support and powerful integrations.

    38 Nx alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted

    Nx VS Cake

     
  12. xmake icon
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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 ...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone

    xmake Features

    1.  Lua scripting

    xmake VS Cake

     
    • xmake is the most popular iPhone alternative to Cake.

    • xmake is Free and Open SourceCake is also Free and Open Source
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