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We've compiled a list of 11 free and paid alternatives to Ninja Build. The primary competitors include CMake, SCons. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Ninja Build and Ant, Autoconf, GNU Make. Also you can look at other similar options here: Development Tools.


CMake
Free Open Source

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

SCons
Free Open Source

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

Ant
Free Open Source

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

GNU Autoconf is a tool for producing configure scripts for building, installing and packaging...

GNU Make
Free Open Source

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

GNU Automake is a programming tool that produces portable makefiles for use by the make program...

Setup.shl
Free Open Source

A pure Bash build tool/library, useful to describe composable, expressive build processes.

Tup is a file-based build system for Linux, OSX, and Windows.

qmake
Free Open Source

qmake is a tool from The Qt Company that helps simplify the build process for development project...

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

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

Ninja Build Platforms

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Ninja Build Overview

Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed. It differs from other build systems in two major respects: it is designed to have its input files generated by a higher-level build system, and it is designed to run builds as fast as possible.

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Ninja Build Tags

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