Top 15 Most Popular Build Tool Softwares | Apr 2024

Here are the top 15 most popular build tool softwares as derived from our TpSort Score which is a continually popular score, it denotes an estimated popularity of a software.

1. autosetup

autosetup autosetup is a tool, similar to autoconf, to configure a build system for the appropriate environment, according to the system capabilities and the user-selected options.autosetup is designed to be light-weight, fast, simple and flexible.Notable features include:* Easily check for headers, functions, types for C/C++* Easily support user configuration options* Can......

2. MakeMe

MakeMe Embedthis MakeMe is a modern replacement for make and autoconf. It manages the building of programs and products by direct compilation and the generation of IDE projects and Makefiles. MakeMe can portably build programs for Linux, Mac and Windows and handles cross-compilation with ease.......

3. elfutils

elfutils elfutils is a collection of utilities to handle ELF objects.......

4. Makepp

Makepp Uses a syntax almost identical to GNU make.Automatically handles cross-makefile dependencies — recursive make is no longer necessary.Finds all include files (scans source files for #include) automatically, and makes them if they don’t yet exist.Rebuilds if command is different from last build, even if the files haven’t changed.Can automatically symlink......

5. Cookiecutter

Cookiecutter A command-line utility that creates projects from cookiecutters (project templates). E.g. Python package projects, jQuery plugin projects.......

6. qmake

qmake Manual: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmake-manual.html qmake is a tool from The Qt Company that helps simplify the build process for development project across different platforms. qmake automates the generation of Makefiles so that only a few lines of information are needed to create each Makefile. qmake can be used for any software......

7. pkgconf

pkgconf pkgconf is an API-driven pkg-config replacement.......

8. Premake

Premake Powerfully simple build configurationDescribe your software project just once, using Premake's simple and easy to read syntax, and build it everywhere. Generate project files for Visual Studio, GNU Make, Xcode, Code::Blocks, and more across Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Use the full featured Lua scripting engine to make build......

9. Launch4j

Launch4j Cross-platform Java executable wrapper for creating lightweight Windows native EXEs. Provides better user experience.......

10. Buildkite

Buildkite Automate your team’s software development processes, from testing through to delivery, no matter the language, environment or toolchain.......

11. Ninja Build

Ninja Build Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed. It differs from other build systems in two major respects: it is designed to have its input files generated by a higher-level build system, and it is designed to run builds as fast as possible.......

12. Packr

Packr Packages your JAR, assets and a JVM for distribution on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, adding a native executable file to make it appear like the app is a native app. Packr is most suitable for GUI applications, such as games made with libGDX.......

13. Jerkar

Jerkar Jerkar is both an automation tool and a Java framework for building projects. It falls in the same category as Ant/Ivy, Maven or Gradle.In other words, it's a rich featured pure Java build tool.......

14. ccache

ccache ccache is a tool to help speed up recompiles of source code. It hashes previous compiles and if it sees the same file being built again with the same arguments it will reuse the previous results.......

15. BuildAMation

BuildAMation BuildAMation is a build system and project generator for C and C++ desktop applications, with an extensible architecture. It is written in C#, and works on Windows, Linux and Apple OSX. Build modes supported are a multithreaded native command line build, VisualStudio solution generation, Xcode workspace generation, and MakeFile generation.......