Top 10 Python Build Automation Projects

scons

9 1,935 9.3 Python

SCons - a software construction tool

Project mention: SCons: A Software Construction Tool | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-12

doit

20 1,780 0.0 Python

task management & automation tool

Project mention: How do you deal with CI, project config, etc. falling out of sync across repos? | /r/ExperiencedDevs | 2023-12-06

I like mage for Go and doit for Python.

InfluxDB

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redo

2 1,761 0.0 Python

Smaller, easier, more powerful, and more reliable than make. An implementation of djb's redo.
cibuildwheel

8 1,714 9.3 Python

🎡 Build Python wheels for all the platforms with minimal configuration.

Project mention: Balm in GILead: Fast string construction for CPython extensions | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-12-17

It doesn't work with any version of the public API, Limited, Stable, or Unstable, because this is not a part of the API. It's more of an application of [Hyrum's Law](https://www.hyrumslaw.com/).
That said, assuming the structures themselves exist on the versions of Python you're targeting in a format compatible with whatever hacking you're doing on them, it's very easy to compile for lots of Python versions using [cibuildwheel](https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel) and the rest of the PyPA ecosystem.
I don't think the Limited API is very useful, as a practical matter for the common distribution methods you need the wheel to be built with the target Python version.

PyBuilder

0 1,641 4.5 Python

Software build automation tool for Python.
buildout

1 569 0.0 Python

Buildout is a deployment automation tool written in and extended with Python
kraken

15 120 8.8 Python

Kraken CI is a continuous integration and testing system. (by kraken-ci)

Project mention: 10 open source tools that platform, SRE and DevOps engineers should consider in 2024. | dev.to | 2024-01-04

Kraken CI is a modern CI/CD system that operates on the Continuous Integration philosophy, focusing on pre-commit and post-commit phases in software development. In the pre-commit phase, developers and testers prepare code changes, aiming to minimize the risk of breaking production code. Kraken CI facilitates this by providing a validation environment that simplifies testing, making it easier to produce quality code. It reduces the likelihood of large, risky changes and helps manage code integration more effectively.

WorkOS

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flatpak-external-data-checker

15 109 7.4 Python

A tool for checking if the external data used in Flatpak manifests is still up to date

Project mention: Flathub – The Linux App Store | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-16

> Maybe. The CI rules should be made public in that case, though, surely? Maybe they are?
Agreed, but thankfully they are. The PRs link to <https://github.com/flathub/flatpak-external-data-checker>. That said, it'd be clearer if the flathubbot 'user' profile also linked to that URL.
> The enormous amount of value the distros bring [...] is audit of packages (and packaging).
Yes, auditing against supply chain attacks is good! But there's also a risk in running outdated software. I don't have easy answers. But if automation leaves more time for the hard part, great.

buildzri

3 8 2.7 Python

A minimal cross-platform C++ build automation tool written in Python
kittyMake

1 0 0.0 Python

A simple buildSystem written in python

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). The latest post mention was on 2024-01-04.