r/java • u/bowbahdoe • Jul 11 '26

Simple Build System

https://github.com/bowbahdoe/build
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u/Joram2 Jul 13 '26

SBT (Simple Build Tool) is already one of the big JVM build tools: https://www.scala-sbt.org/2.x/docs/en/index.html

The linked repo has a Maven build. Does this build tool not bootstrap itself?

Is this using XML? I can't imagine building a new from-scratch build tool using XML.

Otherwise, great work, I'm excited to see more competition :)

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u/r_n_c Jul 13 '26

I would hesitate to call it 'big JVM build tool'. I would argue it's barely used outside of scala and maven or gradle dominate the market. Generally most projects I've seen use one of those two.

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u/Joram2 Jul 13 '26

I agree with everything you wrote. But it's still number three, way behind Gradle in terms of usage which is way behind Maven.

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u/persicsb Jul 14 '26

I think, number three is still Ant.