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Top 11 C# Build Automation Projects

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  1. MSBuild

    The Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) is the build platform for .NET and Visual Studio.

    Project mention: Microsoft makes mistakes too. Let's check MSBuild | dev.to | 2025-02-17

    The project code state at the time of the analysis matches this commit.

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. Cake

    :cake: Cake (C# Make) is a cross platform build automation system.

    Project mention: Essential .NET Libraries Every Developer Should Know | dev.to | 2024-10-08

    Cake (C# Make) is a cross-platform build automation system with C# DSL.

  4. buildtool

    A powerful automation tool for quickly and easily generating builds with Unity.

  5. FlubuCore

    A cross platform build and deployment automation system for building projects and executing deployment scripts using C# code.

  6. ModularPipelines

    Write your pipelines in C# !

  7. Nake

    Magic script-based C# task runner for .NET Core

  8. Textrude

    Code generation from YAML/JSON/CSV models via SCRIBAN templates

  9. SaaSHub

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  10. CS Make

    Sake Build (by sakeproject)

  11. EmptyLicensesLicx

    Easy continuous integration of apps using third-party controls that rely on licenses.licx files

  12. vsSolutionBuildEvent

    🎛 Event-Catcher with variety of advanced Actions to service projects, libraries, build processes, runtime environment of the Visual Studio, MSBuild Tools, and …

  13. BuildVersioning

    Simple build versioning for .NET, powered by Git tags

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Build Automation projects in C#? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 MSBuild 5,393
2 Cake 4,011
3 buildtool 1,267
4 FlubuCore 915
5 ModularPipelines 373
6 Nake 239
7 Textrude 133
8 CS Make 119
9 EmptyLicensesLicx 83
10 vsSolutionBuildEvent 82
11 BuildVersioning 64

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