This page lists notable software build automation

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and systems.

Sequencing

These tools sequence build operations often based on dependencies sometimes running tasks in parallel. * ; uses

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format for configuration files * * * * ; written in Python * ; written in

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* Boost boost.build For C++ projects, cross-platform, based on Perforce Jam * ; written in Rust, using Starlark (BUILD file syntax) as Bazel * ; Python-based * * D Dub Official package and build manager of the D Language * * ; with a

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- and Kotlin-based

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(DSL), combining features of

Apache Ant Apache Ant is a software tool for automating software build processes for Java applications which originated from the Apache Tomcat project in early 2000 as a replacement for the Make build tool of Unix. It is similar to Make, but is implement ...

and

Apache Maven Maven is a build automation tool used primarily for Java projects. Maven can also be used to build and manage projects written in C#, Ruby, Scala, and other languages. The Maven project is hosted by The Apache Software Foundation, where it was ...

with more features like a reliable incremental build * * * * ; for Clojure projects * ; one of the earliest build automation tools; many variants * * ; from

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* ; based on Ant * * Perforce Jam Build tool by Perforce, inspired by Make * * * * ; Python-based * * ; Python-based

Meta build

Called ''meta-build'' tools, these generate configuration files for other build tools such as those listed above. * ; very popular; integrated with IDEs such as

Qt Creator Qt Creator is a cross-platform C++, JavaScript, Python and QML integrated development environment (IDE) which simplifies GUI application development. It is part of the SDK for the Qt GUI application development framework and uses the Q ...

, KDevelop and GNOME Builder * * ; superseded by GN which generates files for

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and other tools * * OpenMake Software Meister * ; integrated with GNOME Builder * ; written in Lua *

Continuous integration

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systems automate build operations at a relatively high level via features including: scheduling and triggering builds, storing build log and output files and integrating with

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systems. * * * Bitbucket Pipelines and Deployments Continuous integration for Bitbucket hosted repositorieshttps://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/build-test-and-deploy-with-pipelines-792496469.html Cross-platform * * * Go continuous delivery Open source, cross-platform *

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Runner Continuous integration *

GitHub GitHub () is a Proprietary software, proprietary developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage, and share their code. It uses Git to provide distributed version control and GitHub itself provides access control, bug trackin ...

Actions Free continuous integration service for open-source projects * * ; Hudson fork *

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Open source multi-cloud continuous delivery service from Netflix and Google * *

Others

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