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GNU Automake

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FigureGNU AutomakeNx
Price fromFree$29/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial—Yes
Open source——
Web—Yes
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published13
Spec score · Build Automation Software7.4 (#28)8.2 (#11)

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GNU Automake

  • GNU AutomakeFree

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Nx

  • HobbyFree
  • Team$29 a month
  • EnterprisePriced on request

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Nx

Nx is a build system for JavaScript and TypeScript monorepos, with plugins that can extend its work to other languages. It builds project and task graphs, follows task dependencies, and runs work in parallel where possible. Nx Core provides local caching; Nx Cloud adds a remote cache shared by teams and CI, and can distribute tasks across Nx Agents according to CPU and memory use. Plugins can infer tasks, generate or alter code, update dependencies, and provide executors. Documented integrations include Angular, React, Vue, Node.js, Java, .NET, Vite, Webpack, Rspack, Jest, Cypress, and Playwright. Nx also provides CI workflow setup for GitHub, CircleCI, GitLab, Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, and Bitbucket Pipelines. Nx Cloud describes trusted-branch cache writes, artifact traceability, and invalidation of artifacts made with revoked tokens. API communications are encrypted in transit, and task artifacts can be encrypted end to end before remote caching. Hobby is free forever, with monthly credits, contributor and CI-connection limits; Team is $29/month, with additional listed charges for usage, contributors, and connections.

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