Gradle Alternatives
Gradle is described as 'Build tool with a focus on build automation and support for multi-language development. If you are building, testing, publishing, and deploying software on any platform, Gradle offers a flexible model that can support the entire development lifecycle from compiling' and is a Build System in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Gradle for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Gradle alternative is CMake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Gradle are GNU Make, Maven, Ant and pypyr.
Alternatives list
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
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.
Task is a task runner / build tool that aims to be simpler and easier to use than, for example, GNU Make.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Go (Programming Language)
RKD: Task executor - balance between Makefile and Gradle. Written in Python. Powerful tool for every DevOps. Automates production tasks as well as local development tasks.
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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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Comments about Jerkar as an Alternative to Gradle
- Jerkar is Free and Proprietary
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
xmake is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to Gradle.
- xmake is Free and Open Source
setup - A simple Bash library for setting up a directory structure using Makefile-like definitions.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Chrome OS
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It is Java native., meaning that build script are pure Java classes. It makes it very convenient to create build script from a Java IDE (Autocompletion, refactoring, debigging,...).