GNU Make Reviews

Name: GNU Make
Brand: GNU
Rating: 4 (5 reviews)

Vendor: GNU

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Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.

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GNU Make is the #26 ranked solution in top Build Automation solutions. PeerSpot users give GNU Make an average rating of 8.2 out of 10. GNU Make is most commonly compared to Jenkins: GNU Make vs Jenkins.

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it_user790464

Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

Dec 18, 2017

GNU Make is such an essential tool that it is almost impossible to imagine working without it. Not having it, developers would probably have to resort to doing everything manually or via shell scripts. Tools such as automake and various IDEs that depend on GNU Make would be rendered useless Lack…

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it_user1065

Senior Manager of Data Center at a integrator with 51-200 employees

Jul 3, 2012

Make tool, originally made for the GNU operating system, helps in the generation of executable from the main program source files. Make enables the installation of a program on the nix (unix,linux) platform through a process of running the configure command followed by make and then make install command. It automatically determines which modules of a program to recompile and automatically compiles them. It works on makefile database and last modification time stamps to update particular modules. The GNU make reads the makefile in the current destination directory and begins processing rules. The make files from GNU make basically contain explicit rules, implicit rules, comments and directives.

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it_user790461

Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Dec 18, 2017

Built projects Building projects. Tabs. GNU Make requires using the Tab symbol as the first symbol of command line for execution. In some text editors this can be problematic, as they automatically insert spaces instead of tabs. More than five years. No stability issues. No scalability…

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GNU Make market share

As of March 2024, the market share of GNU Make in the Build Automation category stands at 0.4%, marking an increase of 32.8% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Valuable Features

"I have not encountered any scalability issues with GNU Make. It is as scalable as the project's structure is, and then some."
"Full-featured syntax allows building strategies as simple or as complex as one wishes, and declarative approach fits the task really well. Wide adoption also means that everybody knows what GNU Make is and how to use it."
"Makefiles are extremely easy to work with using any preferred editor. GNU Make can be run directly from the terminal, not requiring any time wasted on clicking."

Room for Improvement

"Vanilla GNU Make does not support any kind of colored output. A wrapper named colormake exists to work around this, but native (opt-in) support would be welcome."
"GNU Make requires using the Tab symbol as the first symbol of command line for execution. In some text editors this can be problematic, as they automatically insert spaces instead of tabs."