Ninja Build Alternatives

Ninja Build is described as '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' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Ninja Build for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best Ninja Build alternative is CMake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ninja Build are GNU Make, Ant, Autark and SCons.

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  1. Task icon

    Task

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    Task is a task runner / build tool that aims to be simpler and easier to use than, for example, GNU Make.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
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  2. RiotKit Do icon

    RiotKit Do

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    RKD: Task executor - balance between Makefile and Gradle. Written in Python. Powerful tool for every DevOps. Automates production tasks as well as local development tasks.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    RiotKit Do screenshot 1
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  4. Bazel icon

    Bazel

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    Bazel is an open-source build and test tool similar to Make, Maven, and Gradle. It uses a human-readable, high-level build language. Bazel supports projects in multiple languages and builds outputs for multiple platforms.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
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  5. 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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • BSD
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  6. S

    Setup.shl

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    setup - A simple Bash library for setting up a directory structure using Makefile-like definitions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
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  8. 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 ...

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • CN flagChina
    xmake screenshot 1
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  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    UPcmd

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    A modern build, configuration management, ci/cd tool for automation Flexible data modelling, design of composition, OO and test driven Comprehensive workflow orchestration: full support all type of condition, loop(recursive), break, assert.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
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