Maven Alternatives

Maven is described as 'Apache Maven is a Java-based tool for build automation and project management (in software development). It is centered around a Project Object Model (POM) described in a XML file that describes the project structure and its dependencies to other components and libraries' and is a Build System in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Maven for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Maven alternative is Gradle, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Maven are CMake, GNU Make, Ant and Bazel.

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  1. xmake icon

    xmake

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    xmake is a cross-platform build utility based on Lua. The project focuses on making development and building easier and provides many features (e.g package, install, plugin, macro, action, option, task ...

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  2. pypyr icon

    pypyr

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    pypyr is an open source task-runner for automation pipelines. pypyr lets you script sequential tasks in a simple yaml format with conditional execution, loops, error handling and retries for any step in your pipeline.

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  4. W

    Werk

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    Werk is a command runner and simplistic build system. It is intended to supplant Make in projects that need a simple build tool adjacent to a main build system, such as Cargo or NPM.

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    • Rust
    • Linux
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  5. Nx icon

    Nx

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    Next generation build system with first class monorepo support and powerful integrations.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • US flagUnited States
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  6. Buck icon

    Buck

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    Buck is a build system developed and used by Facebook. It encourages the creation of small, reusable modules consisting of code and resources, and supports a variety of languages on many platforms.

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    • Mac
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  8. NAnt icon

    NAnt

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    NAnt is a free .NET build tool. In theory it is kind of like make without make's wrinkles. In practice it's a lot like Ant.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  9. waf icon

    waf

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    Waf is a Python-based framework for configuring, compiling and installing applications.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xcode
    • Eclipse
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
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  10. Phing icon

    Phing

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    PHing Is Not GNU make; it's a PHP project build system or build tool based on ?Apache Ant. You can do anything with it that you could do with a traditional build system like GNU make, and its use of simple XML build files and extensible PHP "task" classes make it...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Buildr icon

    Buildr

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    Apache Buildr is a build system for Java-based applications, including support for Scala, Groovy and a growing number of JVM languages and tools. We wanted something that’s simple and intuitive to use, so we only need to tell it what to do, and it takes care of the rest.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  12. Anise icon

    Anise

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    one software project administration tool for all environments.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  13. Rake icon

    Rake

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    Rake is a software task management and build automation tool. It allows you to specify tasks and describe dependencies as well as to group tasks in a namespace.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
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  14. Reggae build system icon

    Reggae build system

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    Reggae is a (meta) build system with multiple front (D, Python, Ruby, Javascript, Lua) and backends (make, ninja, tup, custom). This is alpha software, only tested on Linux and likely to have breaking changes made.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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