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 Jan 15, 2025
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  1. Anise icon
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    one software project administration tool for all environments.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Anise VS Cake

     
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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Reggae build system VS Cake

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

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Jerkar Features

    1.  Hierarchical logs
    2.  Typesafe

    Jerkar VS Cake

     
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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.

    34 Bazel alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Bazel Features

    1.  Build automation

    Bazel VS Cake

     
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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • BSD

    Werk Features

    1.  Rust

    Werk VS Cake

     
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