Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Grunt

The top open-source alternatives to Grunt are Webpack, Gulp.js, and rollup.js. 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.

Webpack Landing Page
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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
Gulp.js Landing Page
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Gulp.js

Automate and enhance your workflow
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Application Bundler #JS Build Tools #Module Bundler 25 social mentions
rollup.js Landing Page
3

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
Yeoman Landing Page
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Yeoman

To do so, we provide a generator ecosystem. A generator is basically a plugin that can be run with the `yo` command to scaffold complete projects or useful parts. Through our official Generators, we promote the "Yeoman workflow".
Pricing:
- Open Source
#JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager #Web Application Bundler 21 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
Bower Landing Page
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Bower

Bower is a package manager for the web.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager #Web Application Bundler 5 social mentions
RequireJS Landing Page
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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
Yarn Landing Page
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Yarn

Yarn is a package manager for your code.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #JS Build Tools 106 social mentions
Apache Maven Landing Page
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Apache Maven

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

Blazing fast, zero configuration web application bundler
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Application Bundler #Assets Bundler #JS Build Tools 101 social mentions
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