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Freeware - A make replacement that uses an XML description language instead of makefiles, and that executes build actions using Java objects instead of shell commands.
http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/
Freeware - A make replacement written in Perl featuring MD5 file content and build signatures, dependency scanning, viewpathing for source and derived files, multidirectory builds, and Perl build actions.
http://www.dsmit.com/cons
Freeware - A make replacement featuring file fingerprints, dependency scanning, viewpathing, parallel threads, distributed rsh builds, cross compiling, and build actions in the "cook" description language.
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/cook/cook.html
Freeware - A make program featuring pattern-matched viewpaths, parallel threads, multiple platforms, conditional directives, makefile regeneration, and an advanced Make description language.
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GNU Make GNU Project Free Software Foundation (FSF) Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files. Make gets its knowledge of how to build your program from a file called the makefile, which lists...Freeware - A make replacement featuring dependency scanning, per-target viewpathing, parallel threads, multiple platforms, variant builds, and control flow statements in the Jam description language.
http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadsupp.html
Freeware - A make program written in Java, featuring a traditional make description language and shell command target actions.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jmk
Chambeau - A modified GNU make that uses the MPI Message Passing Interface for excellent scalability on multiple machines. Authors now say use 'GNU Make -j' instead.
http://www.llnl.gov/icc/lc/DEG/pmake/pmake.html
Freeware - Not Ant is like Ant, but uses C# and .NET technologies.
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NAnt A .NET Build Tool In theory it is kind of like make without make's wrinkles. In practice it's a lot like Ant. Expand all Collapse all Documentation User Manual Reference Tasks Types Functions Filters Introduction Fundamentals Frequently Asked Questions Links Release Notes SDK XML...Lucent - Features dependency scanning, viewpaths, parallel and distributed rsh execution, a coshell, compiled makefiles, C preprocessor, variable editing, and a powerful Make rule language.
http://www.bell-labs.com/project/nmake
Freeware - A make replacement featuring dependency scanning, viewpaths, distributed rsh execution, cached derived files, variant builds, conditional directives, and an Odin rule language.
ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/distribs/odin
Opus - A multiplatform make featuring dependency scanning, suffix-specific viewpaths, extended command and macro modifiers, CPP preprocessor directives, and iterators in the Make rule language.
http://www.opussoftware.com
Freeware - A modified GNU make that uses the Oakridge PVM Parallel Virtual Machine to perform parallel distributed builds.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pvmgmake
Freeware - A make replacement like Cons, written in Python and featuring MD5 file signatures, dependency scanning, parallel build threads, viewpathing, multidirectory builds, and Python build actions.
http://www.scons.org
Open Source - A-A-P is an experimental make tool. Features include a special AAP makefile syntax, automated dependency support for Unix C programs, and a GUI interface written in Python.
http://www.a-a-p.org/
A make replacement that distributes builds across multiple cluster machines for faster builds. Features plug-compatibility with GNU Make and Nmake.
http://www.electric-cloud.com
Freeware - A Make replacement with a simple and high-level target language. It supports build variants, and several different compilers and tools.
http://boost.sourceforge.net/boost-build2/
Freeware - A build system based on GNU Make and GNU M4. It automates many mundane tasks including creating Doxygen documentation.
http://www.makexs.com
Open Source - A software build system implemented on top of GNU make featuring position-independent non-recursive multi-makefile include-based structure, complete inter-project dependency tracking, and extensible translator framework.
http://kolpackov.net/projects/build/
Freeware - A make replacement, written in Python featuring global dependencies view, extensible dependency scanning, parallel build threads, multidirectory builds, automatic cleaning and extensibility via Python classes.
http://home.gna.org/smk/
Freeware - A tiny command-line prefix tool that can track dependencies for a file automatically without the need for a Makefile.
http://sham.sourceforge.net/