JavaScript Preprocessor Alternatives

Apps similar to JavaScript Preprocessor include JavaScript preprocessor (jspp), which is free and open source. Other options are jsmacro, jsmake, wepp and JavaScript::Ectype. In total there are eight apps like JavaScript Preprocessor for Mac, Windows and Linux.

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  1. A command line tool for squashing JS and CSS files. Used mostly for building UserJS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    jsmacro is pre-processor designed for use with JavaScript (where "macro" currently leans more toward the C definition of a macro than the Lisp definition.)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. jsmake icon
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    jsmake is a basic javascript preprocessor/build utility (Perl script) that you can easily integrate in your continuous integration environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. wepp icon
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    wepp is a node module that processes LESS and JavaScript files in order to combine and minify them for production use. It depends on and makes use of fQuery.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. JavaScript::Ectype - A JavaScript Preprocessor designed for large scale javascript development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Sprockets: Rack-based asset packaging.

    Sprockets is a Ruby library for compiling and serving web assets. It features declarative dependency management for JavaScript and CSS assets, as well as a powerful preprocessor pipeline that allows you to write assets in languages like Cof.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Collection of Ant tasks for a JavaScript build process.

    • Preprocess: This Ant task processes statements like #ifdef, #ifndef or #endif.

    • YUICompress: This task compresses the specified script using the YUICompressor package. The YUICompressor will remove all unneeded whit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. flintjs icon
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    flintjs is a small JavaScript build framework, designed for building JS libraries. It's powered by Apache Ant.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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