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SCons VS GNU Make

Compare SCons VS GNU Make and see what are their differences

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SCons logo SCons

SCons is an Open Source software construction tool—that is, a next-generation build tool.

GNU Make logo GNU Make

GNU Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.
  • SCons Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-21
  • GNU Make Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-03-12

SCons

Categories
  • Front End Package Manager
  • JavaScript Package Manager
  • JS Build Tools
  • Package Manager
Website scons.org
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GNU Make

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  • Front End Package Manager
  • JavaScript Package Manager
  • JS Build Tools
  • Package Manager
Website gnu.org
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Category Popularity

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SCons

GNU Make

Front End Package Manager
44 44%
Front End Package Manager
56% 56
JavaScript Package Manager
47 47%
JavaScript Package Manager
53% 53
JS Build Tools
44 44%
JS Build Tools
56% 56
Continuous Integration
46 46%
Continuous Integration
54% 54

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, SCons seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 14 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

SCons mentions (14)

  • Show HN: Jeeves – A Pythonic Alternative to GNU Make
    The most comprehensive make alternative in python I've seen is Scons (https://scons.org/) It would be worth to see how they tackles some of the challenges you're looking into. Blurb from the website: SCons is an Open Source software construction 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... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago
  • Taskfile: A Modern Alternative to Makefile
    Https://scons.org/ It has cache facility to speed up re-builds. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago
  • What was used to build C++ programs before Cmake?
    SCons never got popular enough to escape the niches it grew up in. Source: 10 months ago
  • Is it possible to dynamically introduce nodes inside the project
    I literally do almost this exact thing with the game im working on. Situation is: im the programmer, working with an artist who cant code (and im not going to make them edit json on an ipad lmao) so I have a google drive spreadsheet where they put metadata for the items they make. I have a script that uses rclone to copy this down as a csv, along with the image assets. Then I wrote a python extension for scons... Source: about 1 year ago
  • How do i get started with GD Extension?
    It's a build tool, like cmake. https://scons.org/ you have to install it. Source: about 1 year ago
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GNU Make mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of GNU Make yet. Tracking of GNU Make recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing SCons and GNU Make, you can also consider the following products

CMake - CMake is an open-source, cross-platform family of tools designed to build, test and package software.

Ninja Build - Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed.

Meson - Meson is an open source build system meant to be both extremely fast, and, even more importantly...

Gradle - Accelerate developer productivity. Gradle helps teams build, automate and deliver better software, faster. DocsExplore the documentation of Gradle. Find installation ..

SBT - SBT is a build tool for Scala, like Ant or Maven but with hieroglyphics.

npm - npm is a package manager for Node.

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