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We've compiled a list of 26 free and paid alternatives to Ant. The primary competitors include Maven, CMake. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Ant and Gradle, Rake, Ninja Build. Also you can look at other similar options here: Development Tools.


Maven
Free Open Source

Apache Maven is a Java-based tool for build automation and project management (in software...

CMake
Free Open Source

CMake is a family of tools designed to build, test and package software.

Gradle
Free Open Source

Gradle is build automation evolved.

Rake
Free Open Source

Rake is a software task management and build automation tool.

Ninja Build
Free Open Source

Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed.

Buildr
Free Open Source

Apache Buildr is a build system for Java-based applications, including support for Scala, Groovy...

SCons
Free Open Source

SCons is an Open Source software construction tool—that is, a next-generation build tool.

MakeMe
Free Open Source

Building Software Made Simple

Anise
Free Open Source

one software project administration tool for all environments

NAnt
Free

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

Apache Ant is an Open Source Java-based build tool (for software development).

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Ant Overview

Apache Ant is an Open Source Java-based build tool (for software development). It uses XML files to describe, structure and control the build process. Most actions are described as 'Tasks' - Ant offers a library of built-in Tasks, but various 3rd party Tasks and Task libraries are available to offer additional features or integrate Ant with or into other projects.

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Ant Categories

Development Tools

Ant Tags

sour build-tool source-code-management software-development

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