Available Build Tools (make, etc)? [closed]

Question

There's a lot of questions on here regarding various niche build needs (.NET, continuous integration, etc) but, of course, my niche need is different.

Rather than asking a very specific question right now, I'd like a survey of available build tools (such as make, ant, etc) so I can ask a follow up question more intelligently if needed.

In your answer, please include:

• ONE build tool
• Link to the main page about that tool
• If you know some pros and cons (ie, runs on windows with cygwin, or .NET specific, etc) then list some (not required - the name and link are required)

If your build tool is already in an answer, comment on it adding pros/cons/limitations/experiences. Feel free to add as many answers as you like as long as they don't already exist - but don't put several build tools into one answer.

Please be aware that if you duplicate answers you may be downvoted - add additional information about a given build in the comments. Ideally these comments will be incorporated into the answer over time.

-Adam

Answer 1

SCons

Build scripts are Python scripts. Supposed to work on Linux, Windows, Mac OS X.