Autotools vs Buck2

Autotools (GNU Build System) is a suite of tools used to create portable build systems for Unix-like platforms. It is notoriously complex and difficult to learn, but it remains the standard for many legacy C/C++ projects that require maximum portability across diverse Unix environments. While it is still widely used in the open-source world, it is being rapidly replaced by modern tools like CMake...

Buck2 is a large-scale build system developed by Meta, designed to handle massive monorepos with extreme efficiency. It is the successor to the original Buck and is written in Rust. Buck2 focuses on performance and correctness, utilizing a highly parallelized execution engine and advanced caching. It is particularly well-suited for organizations that have outgrown traditional build tools and need...