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.
Yake Alternatives
Yake is described as 'Simple script to make Your coding more efficient by executing long commands using short aliases from local Yakefile' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Yake for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best Yake alternative is CMake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Yake are GNU Make, SCons, LazFuck and Rake.