Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to GNU Make

The top open-source alternatives to GNU Make are SCons, Ninja Build, 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.

SCons Landing Page
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SCons

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
Ninja Build Landing Page
2

Ninja Build

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
Meson Landing Page
3

Meson

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
SBT Landing Page
4

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
Gradle Landing Page
5

Gradle

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
Apache Maven Landing Page
6

Apache Maven

Apache Maven is a project comprehension and management software tool.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration #Continuous Deployment 51 social mentions
Webpack Landing Page
7

Webpack

Webpack is a module bundler. Its main purpose is to bundle JavaScript files for usage in a browser, yet it is also capable of transforming, bundling, or packaging just about any resource or asset.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Application Bundler #JS Build Tools #Module Bundler 219 social mentions
JSHint Landing Page
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JSHint

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.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #JS Build Tools #JavaScript Package Manager 14 social mentions
RequireJS Landing Page
9

RequireJS

RequireJS is a JavaScript file and module loader.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager #Web Application Bundler 12 social mentions
rollup.js Landing Page
10

rollup.js

Rollup is a module bundler for JavaScript which compiles small pieces of code into a larger piece such as application.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Application Bundler #JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager 44 social mentions
Bazel Landing Page
11

Bazel

Bazel is a tool that automates software builds and tests.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration 61 social mentions
Grunt Landing Page
12

Grunt

The Grunt ecosystem is huge and it's growing every day.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager #Web Application Bundler 14 social mentions