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Top 9 Open-Source Alternatives to Autoconf

Ninja Build SCons Meson Gradle Bazel Jenkins Apache Maven SBT

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Autoconf are Ninja Build, SCons, and Meson. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Front End Package Manager #JavaScript Package Manager #JS Build Tools 22 social mentions

  2. 2
    SCons is an Open Source software construction tool—that is, a next-generation build tool.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Front End Package Manager #JavaScript Package Manager #JS Build Tools 14 social mentions

  3. 3
    Meson is an open source build system meant to be both extremely fast, and, even more importantly...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Front End Package Manager #JavaScript Package Manager #JS Build Tools 43 social mentions

  4. 4
    Accelerate developer productivity. Gradle helps teams build, automate and deliver better software, faster. DocsExplore the documentation of Gradle. Find installation ..
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration #Continuous Deployment 36 social mentions

  5. 5
    Bazel is a tool that automates software builds and tests.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Front End Package Manager #DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration 61 social mentions

  6. Jenkins is an open-source continuous integration server with 300+ plugins to support all kinds of software development
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration #Continuous Deployment 5 social mentions

  7. 7

    tup

    Tup is a file-based build system for Linux, OSX, and Windows.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Front End Package Manager #DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration 19 social mentions

  8. Apache Maven is a project comprehension and management software tool.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration #Continuous Deployment 51 social mentions

  9. 9

    SBT

    SBT is a build tool for Scala, like Ant or Maven but with hieroglyphics.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Front End Package Manager #JavaScript Package Manager #JS Build Tools 1 social mentions

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