qmake Alternatives

qmake is described as 'Tool from The Qt Company that helps simplify the build process for development project across different platforms. qmake automates the generation of Makefiles so that only a few lines of information are needed to create each Makefile' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to qmake for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best qmake alternative is CMake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like qmake are GNU Make, Maven, Gradle and Ant.

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  1. makebreed icon
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    makebreed is a customizable shell script (./configure) that generates makefiles for C/C++ development projects using the gcc compiler. It is a simple, clean and easy alternative to other build systems like cmake or gnu autotools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    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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    Werk is a command runner and simplistic build system. It is intended to supplant Make in projects that need a simple build tool adjacent to a main build system, such as Cargo or NPM.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • BSD
     
  4. Bazel icon
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    Bazel is an open-source build and test tool similar to Make, Maven, and Gradle. It uses a human-readable, high-level build language. Bazel supports projects in multiple languages and builds outputs for multiple platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    autosetup is a tool, similar to autoconf, to configure a build system for the appropriate environment, according to the system capabilities and the user-selected options.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. Nx icon
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    Next generation build system with first class monorepo support and powerful integrations.

    38 Nx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Nx is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to qmake.

    • Nx is Free and Open Sourceqmake is also Free and Open Source
  7. xmake icon
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    xmake is a cross-platform build utility based on Lua. The project focuses on making development and building easier and provides many features (e.g package, install, plugin, macro, action, option, task ...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
    • xmake is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to qmake.

    • xmake is Free and Open Sourceqmake is also Free and Open Source
  8. Jerkar icon
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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
     
  9. UppercuT icon
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    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
     
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    A modern build, configuration management, ci/cd tool for automation Flexible data modelling, design of composition, OO and test driven Comprehensive workflow orchestration: full support all type of condition, loop(recursive), break, assert.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
     
  11. Anise icon
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    one software project administration tool for all environments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Reggae is a (meta) build system with multiple front (D, Python, Ruby, Javascript, Lua) and backends (make, ninja, tup, custom). This is alpha software, only tested on Linux and likely to have breaking changes made.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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