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.

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