Maven Alternatives
Maven is described as 'Apache Maven is a Java-based tool for build automation and project management (in software development)' and is an app in the Development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Maven for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Android. The best alternative is CMake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Maven are GNU Make (Free, Open Source), Gradle (Free, Open Source), SCons (Free, Open Source) and Meson (Free, Open Source).
- CMake is a family of tools designed to build, test and package software. View 36 alternatives to CMake
- Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files. View 33 alternatives to GNU Make
- Gradle is build automation evolved. View 24 alternatives to GradleNo screenshots yet
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Gradle vs Maven
If you are considering Maven, you probably have a project with needs better fulfilled by Gradle. Other kinds of projects may be better served by other tools depending on the circumstances, but Gradle is in all likelihood the right choice as an alternative to Maven.It has fantastic support (in IDEs and elsewhere) that is on par with Maven's. - SCons is an Open Source software construction tool—that is, a next-generation build tool. View 33 alternatives to SCons
- Meson is an open source build system meant to be both extremely fast, and, even more importantly, as user friendly as possible. View 16 alternatives to Meson
- Apache Ant is an Open Source Java-based build tool (for software development). It uses XML files to describe, structure and control the build process. View 30 alternatives to Ant
- Rake is a software task management and build automation tool. It allows you to specify tasks and describe dependencies as well as to group tasks in a namespace. View 25 alternatives to Rake
- 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. View 24 alternatives to Cake
- SBT is a build tool for Scala. It is like Ant or Maven but with hieroglyphics. View 13 alternatives to SBT