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AntContrib

The Ant-Contrib project is a collection of user supplied task (like an <if> task) and a development playground for experimental tasks like a C/C++ compilation task for different compilers. Compatibility: 1.4.1 and above URL: http://sourcefoge.net/projects/ant-contrib/ Contact: project mailing list License: Apache Software Foundation license

AntHill

Anthill is a build tool that promotes a controlled build process by ensuring that every build reflects the source repository contents and tagging the repository with a unique build number after every build. Anthill also encourages the sharing of knowledge within an organization by automatically updating a project intranet site with artifacts from the latest build. Compatibility: bundles Ant 1.3, is compatible with Ant 1.3 to 1.4.1 URL: http://www.urbancode.com/projects/anthill/ Contact: Maciej Zawadzki License: Mozilla-like license

CruiseControl

CruiseControl is a tool for setting up a continuous build process. CruiseControl provides an Ant wrapper and a set of tasks to automate the checkout/build/test cycle. CruiseControl also comes bundled with a servlet for viewing the status of the current build, as well as previous build results. Compatibility: Ant 1.2 and higher URL: http://cruisecontrol.sourceforge.net/ Contact: Project Mailing Lists and Administrators License: Release 1.0 has been licensed under the GNU General Public License. Starting with release 1.1 the license has been changed to a BSD-like license.

NAnt

NAnt is a .NET based build tool. In theory it is kind of like make without make's wrinkles. In practice it's a lot like Ant. Compatibility: not compatible to Ant at all. URL: http://nant.sourceforge.net/ Contact: project mailing list License: GNU General Public License

Rant

Rant stands for Remote Ant. It is a distributed build system that allows an Ant build file to launch builds on other systems and receive exceptions should they occur. Compatibility: Ant 1.4 URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/remoteant/ Contact: Chris Nelson License: MIT License

XML Publication

XML Publication is a set of tools to generate Web pages from desktop documents or other structured documents using XSLT and Ant. Compatibility: Ant 1.4 URL: http://XMLpublication.org/ Contact: Jean-Marc Vanel License: GNU General Public License.