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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Yeoman

Webpack Grunt JSHint Bower rollup.js RequireJS Meson Ninja Build SCons SBT

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Yeoman are Webpack, Grunt, and JSHint. 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. 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.
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    • Open Source

    #Web Application Bundler #JS Build Tools #Module Bundler 219 social mentions

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    The Grunt ecosystem is huge and it's growing every day.
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    • Open Source

    #JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager #Web Application Bundler 14 social mentions

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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.
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    • Open Source

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

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    Bower is a package manager for the web.
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    • Open Source

    #JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager #Web Application Bundler 5 social mentions

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

    #Web Application Bundler #JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager 44 social mentions

  6. RequireJS is a JavaScript file and module loader.
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    • Open Source

    #JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager #Web Application Bundler 12 social mentions

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

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

  8. Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed.
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    • Open Source

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

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

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

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    SBT

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

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

  11. Apache Maven is a project comprehension and management software tool.
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    • Open Source

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

  12. Standalone test spies, stubs and mocks for JavaScript.
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    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #Testing #Automated Testing 20 social mentions

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