Build tools written in JavaScript

build-tools.md

List of JavaScript Build Tools

Yet another framework syndrome

Name	Date	URL	Stars
Jake	April 2010	https://github.com/mde/jake	1000
Brunch	January 2011	http://brunch.io/	3882
smoosh	March 2011	https://github.com/fat/smoosh	329
anvil.js	February 2012	https://github.com/anviljs/anvil.js	161
ShellJS includes one	March 2012	http://documentup.com/arturadib/shelljs#make-tool	2171
Grunt	March 2012	http://gruntjs.com/	9039
Gear.js	May 2012?	http://gearjs.org/	78
assetgraph-builder	September 2012	https://github.com/assetgraph/assetgraph-builder	365
buildr	October 2012	https://github.com/balupton/buildr	217
mimosa	December 2012	http://mimosa.io/	445
modjs	December 2012	http://madscript.com/modjs/	450
automaton	January 2013	http://indigounited.com/automaton	210
harp	February 2013	http://harpjs.com/	2615
james.js	March 2013	https://github.com/leonidas/james.js	32
Bud	April 2013	https://github.com/azer/bud	175
Gulp	September 2013	http://gulpjs.com/	11,264
simplebuild	December 2013	https://github.com/jamesshore/simplebuild	8
Brocolli	February 2014	https://github.com/joliss/broccoli	1842
Fez	February 2014	http://fez.github.io/	271
cha	February 2014	https://github.com/chajs/cha	183
builder2.js	April 2014	https://github.com/componentjs/builder2.js	43

And these are just the ones written in JavaScript.

Projects which haven't had commits in the last couple months are strikethrough.

https://github.com/leonidas/james.js

Hey, you are missing a couple. See http://jster.net/category/build-utilities .

Thanks @epeli and @bebraw, updated.

Updated: Moved Brunch to January 2011, and updated star counts.

Browserify, Webmake

@DjebbZ: They're not build tools, they're dependency management tools. They're used by build tools sometimes, but they don't really fit on the list.

I imagine someone could make a somewhat longer list of dependency management tools for JavaScript, though!

Isn't this rather a list of task runners that may or may not be used to create build pipelines?

Anyway, either assetgraph itself, or assetgraph-builder might belong on that list

Although component is much more than a build tool, I think it or at least its resolver/builder merit inclusion in the list.

add HarpJS

ShellJS can be used as build tool: http://shelljs.org/#make-tool

This is supposed to be the last build tool we'll ever need: https://github.com/gobblejs/gobble

You're missing the most important and widely used build tool ...
https://github.com/npm/npm

https://github.com/munter/fusile

Can you add sigh to the bottom of the table:

| sigh | December 2014 | https://github.com/sighjs/sigh | 85

https://github.com/flyjs/fly

awesome & insane!

https://github.com/pawelgalazka/runjs is pretty nice. Minimalistic.

Gulp is the best one

https://github.com/shannonmoeller/ygor

add:

• webpack
• rollup
• pundle
• jspm
• https://github.com/cramforce/splittable

thx @bebraw

https://github.com/laravel/elixir

https://github.com/crossbow-js/crossbow

Broccoli has been misspelled as Brocolli in this list. Also the link should now be https://github.com/broccolijs/broccoli.

Here's my contribution: task-mule

https://www.npmjs.com/package/task-mule

ultimate guide to JS build tools here:
https://www.stackchief.com/blog/The%20Ultimate%20Guide%20to%20JavaScript%20Build%20Tools