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.




UPcmd is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to UPcmd for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Eclipse apps. The best UPcmd alternative is CMake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like UPcmd are GNU Make, Maven, Gradle and Ant.
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.




setup - A simple Bash library for setting up a directory structure using Makefile-like definitions.
Simple script to make Your coding more efficient by executing long commands using short aliases from local Yakefile.

Powerfull and rich featured pure Java build and automation tool. Jerkar includes among others, dependency management, repository publication, super-easy build editing and depbugging.
Next generation build system with first class monorepo support and powerful integrations.



Nx is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to UPcmd.
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.
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.




xmake is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to UPcmd.
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.

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.