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Best xmake Alternatives & Competitors in 2025

The best xmake alternatives based on verified products, community votes, reviews and other factors.
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  1. CMake is an open-source, cross-platform family of tools designed to build, test and package software.

    /cmake-alternatives
  2. SCons is an Open Source software construction toolβ€”that is, a next-generation build tool.

    Open Source

    /scons-alternatives
  3. SysAid is a robust IT Service Management (ITSM) platform powered by Agentic AI, automating the repetitive, time-consuming work.

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  4. Meson is an open source build system meant to be both extremely fast, and, even more importantly...

    Open Source

    /meson-alternatives
  5. MSBuild is the build platform for .NET and Visual Studio.

    /msbuild-alternatives
  6. GNU Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.

    /gnu-make-alternatives
  7. Apache Maven is a project comprehension and management software tool.

    Open Source

    /apache-maven-alternatives
  8. Bazel is a tool that automates software builds and tests.

    Open Source

    /bazel-alternatives
  9. SBT is a build tool for Scala, like Ant or Maven but with hieroglyphics.

    Open Source

    /sbt-alternatives
  10. Radically simple configuration-management, application deployment, task-execution, and multi-node orchestration engine

    Open Source

    /ansible-alternatives
  11. Qt 5 qmake Makefile generator tool

    /qmake-alternatives
  12. C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and macOS

    Open Source

    /vcpkg-alternatives
  13. LazFuck is a GUI application for writing, executing, compiling and debugging programs written in famous BrainFuck esoteric programming language.

    /lazfuck-alternatives
  14. Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed.

    Open Source

    /ninja-build-alternatives
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