Grunt Alternatives

Grunt is described as 'Automates tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, and linting through a Gruntfile. Huge ecosystem with hundreds of plugins available' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Grunt for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted and BSD apps. The best Grunt alternative is Gulp.js, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Grunt are Webpack, Parcel JS, Brunch.io and Feri.

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  1. Gulp.js icon
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    A toolkit to automate & enhance your workflow. Leverage gulp and the flexibility of JavaScript to automate slow, repetitive workflows and compose them into efficient build pipelines.

    13 Gulp.js alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Node.JS
    • Self-Hosted

    Gulp.js Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Support for Typescript

    Gulp.js VS Grunt

     
    • Almost everyone thinks Gulp.js is a great Grunt alternative.

    • Gulp.js is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Grunt.

    • Gulp.js is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Grunt.

    • Gulp.js is Free and Open SourceGrunt is also Free and Open Source
  2. Webpack icon
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    Webpack is a module bundler for modern JavaScript applications. When webpack processes your application, it recursively builds a dependency graph that includes every module your application needs, then packages all of those modules into a small number of bundles — often only one...

    13 Webpack alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Webpack Features

    1.  Bundle Javascript
    2.  Compress Javascript
    3.  Optimization

    Webpack VS Grunt

     
    • Webpack is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Grunt.

    • Webpack is Free and Open SourceGrunt is also Free and Open Source
  3. Parcel JS icon
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    Parcel combines a great out-of-the-box development experience with a scalable architecture that can take your project from just getting started to massive production application.

    10 Parcel JS alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Properties

    1.  Scalable

    Features

    1.  Zero configuration
    2.  Build automation

    Parcel JS VS Grunt

     
  4. Brunch.io icon
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    Brunch lets you focus on what matters most — solving real problems instead of messing around with the glue.

    15 Brunch.io alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    Discontinued

    The latest version (4.0.2) is from January 2023, and the GitHub repository has been archived in June 2023.

    Brunch.io Features

    1.  Client-side
    2.  Build automation

    Brunch.io VS Grunt

     
    Comments about Brunch.io as an Alternative to Grunt
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    Easy to use, and very much faster

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    • Brunch.io is Free and Open SourceGrunt is also Free and Open Source
  5. Feri icon
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    The easy to use build tool for web files.

    7 Feri alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Node.JS
    • Self-Hosted
    • npm

    Feri Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Support for MarkDown
    3.  Build automation
    4.  Zero configuration

    Feri VS Grunt

     
  6. esbuild icon
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    An extremely fast JavaScript bundler and minifier.

    10 esbuild alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted

    esbuild Features

    1.  Support for Typescript
    2.  Build automation

    esbuild VS Grunt

     
  7. pypyr icon
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    pypyr is an open source task-runner for automation pipelines. pypyr lets you script sequential tasks in a simple yaml format with conditional execution, loops, error handling and retries for any step in your pipeline.

    29 pypyr alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted

    pypyr Features

    1.  Continuous Integration
    2.  Continuous Deployment

    pypyr VS Grunt

     
  8. Broccoli icon
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    A fast, reliable asset pipeline, supporting constant-time rebuilds and compact build definitions. Comparable to the Rails asset pipeline in scope, though it runs on Node and is backend-agnostic.

    14 Broccoli alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Node.JS
    • npm
    • Self-Hosted
    Discontinued

    The latest version (3.5.2) is from May 2021.

    Broccoli Features

    1.  Support for Typescript
    2.  Asset Pipeline
    3.  Build automation

    Broccoli VS Grunt

     
  9. Turbopack icon
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    Turbopack is an incremental bundler optimized for JavaScript and TypeScript, written in Rust by the creators of webpack and Next.js at Vercel.

    13 Turbopack alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript

    Turbopack VS Grunt

     
  10. Smelt icon
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    Smelt is a simple and extensible task runner optimized for chip development workflows. Smelt makes it easy to programmatically define arbitrarily many test variants, run those tests in parallel, and analyze their results.

    3 Smelt alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Python
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD

    Smelt Features

    1.  Python-based

    Smelt VS Grunt

     
  11. Mimosa icon
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    A lightning-fast build tool for modern web development. Mimosa includes support for JavaScript, CSS, and template compilers, bower, linting, optimization, serving, RequireJS support, and Live Reload. It is also modular and pluggable for authoring your own functionality.

    10 Mimosa alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Node.JS
    Discontinued

    Last commit in 2015:https://github.com/dbashford/mimosa

    Mimosa Features

    1.  Build automation

    Mimosa VS Grunt

     
  12. Lineman icon
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    Lineman is a command-line utility that is hyper-focused on helping web developers build first-class JavaScript web applications. Lineman provides a thin wrapper around a number of client-side productivity tools (primarily Express, Grunt, and Testem), with the goal of helping...

    10 Lineman alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Lineman Features

    1.  Client-side

    Lineman VS Grunt

     
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