NAnt Alternatives

NAnt is described as 'free .NET build tool. In theory it is kind of like make without make's wrinkles. In practice it's a lot like Ant' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to NAnt for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Android. The best alternative is CMake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like NAnt are GNU Make, Maven, SCons and Gradle.

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CMake
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38 alternatives to CMake
CMake is a family of tools designed to build, test and package software. CMake is used to control the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler independent configuration files. CMake generates native makefiles and workspaces that can be used in the compiler...
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GNU Make
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35 alternatives to GNU Make
Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.
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Maven
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26 alternatives to Maven
Apache Maven is a Java-based tool for build automation and project management (in software development). It is centered around a Project Object Model (POM) described in a XML file that describes the project structure and its dependencies to other components and libraries.
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SCons
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Free • Open Source
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35 alternatives to SCons
SCons is an Open Source software construction tool—that is, a next-generation build tool. Think of SCons as an improved, cross-platform substitute for the classic Make utility with integrated functionality similar to autoconf/automake and compiler caches such as ccache.
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Gradle
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25 alternatives to Gradle
Gradle is build automation evolved. Gradle can automate the building, testing, publishing, deployment and more of software packages or other types of projects such as generated static websites, generated documentation or indeed anything else.
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Ant
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Free • Open Source
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32 alternatives to Ant
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. Most actions are described as 'Tasks' - Ant offers a library of built-in Tasks, but various 3rd party Tasks and Task...

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Buck
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Free • Open Source
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24 alternatives to Buck
Buck is a build system developed and used by Facebook. It encourages the creation of small, reusable modules consisting of code and resources, and supports a variety of languages on many platforms.
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RiotKit Do
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15 alternatives to RiotKit Do
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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1. LightweightRiotKit Do consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. PortableRiotKit Do can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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Cake
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Free • Open Source
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Linux
26 alternatives to Cake
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.
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Rake
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26 alternatives to Rake
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.
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1. PortableRake can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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