Projects

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.

Apache Ant

claimed by Apache Software Foundation

Apache Ant is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is kind of like Make, but without Make's wrinkles.

GNU Autoconf

GNU Autoconf is part of the GNU Build System. GNU Autoconf is a heavily used portability-enabling tool for UNIX-like systems, especially in free software projects. It is a compiler for a domain-specific-language for describing library, header, and function dependencies of a project. It ... [More] generates a shell script that can be run before building a package to customize the build to the system. [Less]

GNU Automake

GNU Automake is a part of the GNU build system, along with GNU Autoconf and GNU Libtool. GNU Automake is a tool to create portable makefiles to manage the building and distribution of source code projects.

Rake

Rake is a Ruby make-like utility using standard Ruby syntax for the build specification file.

GNU Libtool

GNU Libtool hides the complexity of using shared libraries behind a consistent, portable interface. GNU Libtool ships with GNU libltdl, which hides the complexity of loading dynamic runtime libraries (modules) behind a consistent, portable interface.

Hudson

claimed by Eclipse Foundation

Hudson is an automated build system for a team as well as a system that monitors automated jobs (such as cron jobs)

NAnt

NAnt is a Ant like build tool for .NET

pkg-config

pkg-config is a helper tool used when compiling applications and libraries. It helps you insert the correct compiler options on the command line so an application can use gcc -o test test.c `pkg-config --libs --cflags glib-2.0` for instance, rather than hard-coding values on where to find glib (or ... [More] other libraries). It is language-agnostic, so it can be used for defining the location of documentation tools, for instance. [Less]

The MacPorts Project

The MacPorts Project's main goal is to provide an easy way to install various open-source software products on the Darwin OS family, with Mac OS X being the primary target. There are currently over 8000 ports available, with more being added on a regular basis.