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Rake

Rake is a software task management and build automation tool.

Shutting down Rake was discontinued around May 2025
You can review its best alternatives below or view status details
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Top 8 Open-Source Alternatives to Rake

SCons Ninja Build Meson Notesnook SBT pypyr Bazel Apache Maven

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Rake 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.
  1. 1
    SCons is an Open Source software construction tool—that is, a next-generation build tool.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager #JavaScript Package Manager 16 social mentions

  2. Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager #JavaScript Package Manager 23 social mentions

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

    #JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager #JavaScript Package Manager 48 social mentions

  4. Notesnook is a simple and private note taking app that keeps your notes organized and synced on your phone, tablet and computer.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $4.49 / Monthly (UI Themes & accents)

    #Notes #Note Taking #Personal Productivity 89 social mentions

  5. 5

    SBT

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

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

  6. 6
    task-runner cli & api for automation pipelines. like writing a script, but without the pain.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #DevOps Tools #Product Deployment #Build Tools 1 social mentions

  7. 7
    Bazel is a tool that automates software builds and tests.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration #Front End Package Manager 71 social mentions

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

    #DevOps Tools #Continuous Deployment #Continuous Integration 58 social mentions

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