Scripting software & tools

The editors, IDEs, runtimes, and utilities that pair well with the scripts on this site — curated, not hosted. Each link goes to the official source.

๐Ÿ—๏ธ Build & Task Automation

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Bazel

Google's fast, scalable, multi-language build and test tool.

๐Ÿ—๏ธ Build & Task Automation Free

CMake

Cross-platform build system generator used widely in C/C++ projects.

๐Ÿ—๏ธ Build & Task Automation Free

GNU Make (for Windows)

Classic build automation tool driven by Makefiles.

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Grunt

JavaScript task runner for automating repetitive build tasks.

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Gulp

Streaming task runner/build tool for the JavaScript ecosystem.

๐Ÿ—๏ธ Build & Task Automation Free

Just

Handy command runner for saving and running project-specific commands.

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MSBuild

Microsoft's build platform for .NET and Visual Studio projects.

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Ninja

Small, fast build system designed to be generated by other tools like CMake.

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Nx

Smart, extensible build system for monorepos.

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Task

Simple, YAML-based task runner, a modern alternative to Make.

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Vite

Fast frontend build tool and dev server for modern JavaScript projects.

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Webpack

Popular JavaScript module bundler and build tool.