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Below lists notable build automation tools.
Make
Tools similar to the original Unix make – one of the earliest build automation tools:
- GNU make, extends original Unix version
- mk, developed originally for Version 10 Unix and Plan 9, and ported to Unix as part of plan9port
- Macintosh Programmer's Workshop – Software development package for the Classic Mac OS
- Microsoft nmake
- PVCS-make, based on Unix Make with additional features[1]
Other
- Apache Ant, popular for Java platform development and uses an XML file format
- Apache Maven, a Java platform tool for dependency management and automated software build
- ASDF LISP build system for building LISP projects
- A-A-P, a Python-based build tool
- Bazel, a portion of Blaze (Google's own build tool) written in Java, using Starlark (BUILD file syntax) to build projects in Java, C, C++, Go, Python, Objective-C, and others
- BitBake, a Python-based tool with the special focus of distributions and packages for embedded Linux cross-compilation
- Boot, a Java build and dependency management tool written in Clojure
- boost.build For C++ projects, cross-platform, based on Perforce Jam
- Buck, a build system developed and used by Facebook, written in Rust, using Starlark (BUILD file syntax) as Bazel
- Buildout, a Python-based build system for creating, assembling and deploying applications from multiple parts
- Cabal, a common architecture for building applications and libraries in the language Haskell
- Dub, the official package and build manager of the D Language
- Flowtracer, a build management tool
- Gradle, an open-source build and automation system with an Apache Groovy-based domain specific language (DSL), combining features of Apache Ant and Apache Maven with more features like a reliable incremental build
- Grunt, a build tool for front-end web development
- Gulp, a build tool for front-end web development
- IncrediBuild, a suite of grid computing software for compiling and building software
- Leiningen, a tool providing commonly performed tasks in Clojure projects, including build automation
- Mix, the Elixir build tool
- MSBuild, the Microsoft build engine
- NAnt, a tool similar to Ant for the .NET Framework
- Ninja, a small build system focused on speed by using build scripts generated by higher-level build systems
- Perforce Jam, a build tool by Perforce, inspired by Make
- Qt Build System
- Rake, a Ruby-based build tool
- sbt, a build tool built on a Scala-based DSL
- SCons, Python-based, with integrated functionality similar to autoconf/automake
- Stack, a tool to build Haskell projects, manage their dependencies (compilers and libraries), and to test and benchmark.
- Visual Build, a graphical user interface software for software builds
- Waf, a Python-based tool for configuring, compiling and installing applications. It is a replacement for other tools such as Autotools, Scons, CMake or Ant
These generator tools do not build directly, but rather generate files to be used by a native build tool (as the ones listed in the previous two sections).
- CMake generates files for various build tools, such as make, ninja, Apple's Xcode, and Microsoft Visual Studio.[2] CMake is also directly used by some IDE as Qt Creator,[3] KDevelop and GNOME Builder.[4]
- GNU Build System (aka autotools), a collection of tools for portable builds. These in particular include Autoconf and Automake, cross-unix-platform tools that together generate appropriate localized makefiles.
- GYP (Generate Your Projects) - Created for Chromium; it is another tool that generates files for the native build environment. It has been superseded by GN which generates files for ninja and other build systems.
- imake
- Meson, a build system optimized for performance and usability is based on ninja on Linux, Visual Studio on Windows and Xcode on macOS. Meson is also directly used by GNOME Builder.[4]
- OpenMake Software Meister
- Premake, a Lua-based tool for making makefiles, Visual Studio files, Xcode projects, and more
- qmake
- AnthillPro, build automation with pipeline support for deployment automation and testing. Cross-platform, cross-language
- Apache Continuum - discontinued
- Bamboo, continuous-integration software
- Bitbucket Pipelines and Deployments, continuous integration for Bitbucket hosted repositories[5]
- Buildbot, a Python-based software development continuous-integration tool which automates the compile/test cycle
- CruiseControl, for Java and .NET
- Go continuous delivery, open source, cross-platform
- GitLab (GitLab Runner), continuous integration and git server
- GitHub (GitHub Actions), free continuous integration service for open-source projects and git server
- Hudson, an extensible continuous-integration engine
- Jenkins, an extensible continuous-integration engine, forked from Hudson
- Spinnaker, open source multi-cloud continuous delivery service from Netflix and Google
- TeamCity
- Travis CI, a hosted continuous-integration service
A package manager is a meta-build tool capable of building many different projects using a subset of existing build tools, generally using a list or repository of build scripts called "packages".
- Pkgsrc, Portage, MacPorts and other package managers derived from the BSD Ports Collection.
- Nix, functional package manager for Linux and macOS focusing on reproducible builds, used for the NixOS Linux distribution.
- Guix, functional package manager based on Nix, used for the GuixSD Linux distribution.
- Collective Knowledge, cross-platform package manager to rebuild software environment for research workflows
- Homebrew, package manager for macOS
- checkinstall, checkinstall is a program that monitors an installation procedure and creates a standard package for your distribution.
- Open Build Service, a hosted service to help build packages for various Linux distributions
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