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Gradle

Gradle is the primary build tool for the Android ecosystem and a dominant force in the Java world. It combines the best features of Ant and Maven while adding a powerful, Groovy or Kotlin-based DSL for build configuration. Its incremental build support and build cache make it significantly faster th...

9.6 Brilliant

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#1
Bazel
9.8 Brilliant
#2
Turborepo
9.2 Excellent
#3
Maven
9.0 Excellent
#4
Buck2
8.9 Very Good
#5
Pants
8.7 Very Good
#6
CMake
8.4 Very Good
#7
Ninja
8.2 Very Good
#8
SBT
8.0 Very Good
#9
Mill
7.8 Good
#10
Meson
7.6 Good
#13
Ant
6.5 Fair
#14
Gulp
6.2 Fair
#15
Grunt
5.5 Average
#16
Autotools
5.0 Average

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Alternative Score vs Gradle Action
Bazel 9.8 +0.2 Compare
Turborepo 9.2 -0.4 Compare
Maven 9.0 -0.6 Compare
Buck2 8.9 -0.7 Compare
Pants 8.7 -0.9 Compare
CMake 8.4 -1.2 Compare
Ninja 8.2 -1.4 Compare
SBT 8.0 -1.6 Compare
Mill 7.8 -1.8 Compare
Meson 7.6 -2.0 Compare

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