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Ninja Build alternatives

  • CMake

  • CMake is a family of tools designed to build, test and package software. CMake is used to control the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler independent configuration files. CMake generates native makefiles and workspaces that can be used in the compiler environment of your choice.

    tags: build-automation build-tool compiling compiling-tool cross-platform
  • GNU Make

  • Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.

    tags: build-automation software-development
  • SCons

  • SCons is an Open Source software construction tool—that is, a next-generation build tool. Think of SCons as an improved, cross-platform substitute for the classic Make utility with integrated functionality similar to autoconf/automake and compiler caches such as ccache. In short, SCons is an easier, more reliable and faster way to build software.

    tags: build-automation build-tool compiling compiling-tool cross-platform
  • Premake

  • Powerfully simple build configuration

    tags: Portable build-automation build-tool compiling compiling-tool
  • Autoconf

  • GNU Autoconf is a tool for producing configure scripts for building, installing and packaging software on computer systems where a Bourne shell is available.

    tags: build-automation compiling compiling-tool development development-tool
  • waf

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

    tags: Portable build-tool compiling cross-platform development
  • Automake

  • GNU Automake is a programming tool that produces portable makefiles for use by the make program, used in compiling software.

    tags: build-automation compiling compiling-tool development development-tool
  • qmake

  • Manual: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmake-manual.html

    tags: build-automation build-tool compiling compiling-tool cross-platform
  • Setup.shl

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

    tags: bash build-automation build-tool continuous-builds parallel-builds