waf Alternatives

Apps similar to waf include CMake, which is free and open source. Other options are Maven, GNU Make, Gradle and Ant. You're spoiled for choice with Build Systems like waf: we list more than 25 alternatives for Linux, Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone.

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  1. 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.

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • US flagUnited States
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  3. Rsbuild icon
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    Simple, fast, extensible build tool. Powered by Rspack.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • React
    • Node.JS
    • Vue.js
    • Typescript
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  4. 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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    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.

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    • Rust
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • BSD
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  6. 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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    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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
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  8. 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 ...

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  9. 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.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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