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Meson

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

Some of the top features or benefits of Meson are: Speed, Ease of Use, Cross-Platform Support, Ninja Backend, Dependency Management, Modern Language Support, and Extensibility. You can visit the info page to learn more.

Best Meson Alternatives & Competitors in 2025

The best Meson alternatives based on verified products, community votes, reviews and other factors.
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    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.

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  2. 49

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

    Open Source

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  3. 52

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

    Open Source

    /scons-alternatives
  4. 54

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

    /cmake-alternatives
  5. 34

    Apache Maven is a project comprehension and management software tool.

    Open Source

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  6. 29

    npm is a package manager for Node.

    /npm-alternatives
  7. 35

    A high-performance build tool for Android by Facebook

    /buck-alternatives
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    New JSHint website. Anton Kovalyov Oct 1st, 2013. For the last couple of weeks I've been working on a new homepage for JSHint and today I'm proud to announce the new jshint. com! JSHint Website.

    Open Source

    /jshint-alternatives
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    Frontend Development

    /ender-alternatives
  10. 34

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

    Open Source

    /sbt-alternatives
  11. 27

    Building Software Made Simple

    /makeme-alternatives
  12. 25

    Rollup is a module bundler for JavaScript which compiles small pieces of code into a larger piece such as application.

    Open Source

    /rollup-js-alternatives
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    RequireJS is a JavaScript file and module loader.

    Open Source

    /requirejs-alternatives
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