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1. Configuration and Build Tools
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Configuration management and Infrastructure as code (IaC) tools
Build automation tools
Bitbake
(pypi: NONE)
None
1.46.2 (2020年08月04日)
A task executor used to build packages for OpenEmbedded and other projects. Wikipedia
Buildout
(pypi: zc.buildout)
>5000
2.13.7 (2022年03月31日)
Build tool for creating applications, includes the capability to resolve Python dependencies that are packaged as Python eggs.
distutils
(pypi: NONE)
N/A
N/A (ships with python)
standard module provides support for building and installing additional modules into a Python installation
2813
0.36.0 (2022年04月22日)
Automation tool (bringing the power of build-tools to execute any kind of task)
1038
2.7.0 (2022年03月26日)
a simple pythonic remote deployment tool for application deployment or systems administration tasks. It builds on top of Invoke.
>5000
1.29.0 (2017年03月03日)
the better build tool: auto-dependency discovery via strace; a successor to Memoize. (Old repo/page: code.google.com)
709
1.7.0 (2022年03月19日)
a Python task execution tool & library, drawing inspiration from various sources to arrive at a powerful & clean feature set. (aka: pyinvoke)
>5000
1.3.4 (2017年12月31日)
Build/distribution/deployment tool. Build files are in Python.
>5000
0.13.5 (2022年02月23日)
PyBuilder is a software build automation tool written in pure Python mainly targeting Python ecosystem.
>5000
0.8.2 (2018年06月24日)
A pure Python build tool. Tasks are just python functions. Manages dependencies between tasks. Allows parameter passing from the commandline. Forked from microbuild (github.com)
>5000
5.5.0 (2022年05月26日)
task-runner for automation pipelines defined in yaml. cli & api.
sandbox-venv
(pypi: NONE)
None
0.25.0 (2025年08月15日)
Wrap virtualenv/venv executables so that they transparently run in an isolated secure container sandbox.
2829
4.4.0 (2022年07月30日)
Software construction tool written in Python, with Python as the configuration/scripting language (code on GitHub)
Virtualenv
(pypi: virtualenv)
105
20.0.31 (2020年08月17日)
A tool for creating isolated Python environments.
Waf
(pypi: NONE)
None
2.0.20 (2019年11月24日)
software construction tool (comparable to autotools, CMake, SCons, ant) gitlab.com
>5000
2.0.2 (2022年04月20日)
pyinfra automates infrastructure super fast at massive scale. It can be used for ad-hoc command execution, service deployment, configuration management and more. github.com
1.1. Dead, Unmaintained or Discontinued Projects
AAP - Latest version 1.093 released on 2013年09月15日. Does not appear to support Python 3.
Bake - a Make replacement. Website is down, archived here. No release in the last 10 years.
BuildIt (by chrism) - Build tool for creating applications. Website down, web.archive.org. No release in the last 10 years.
BuildIt (by mixmastamyk) - BuildIt is a simple build tool and make replacement, meaning it builds files based on other files, given your instructions. Website down, web.archive.org. pypi.org. Last release in 2016.
Confix - generates input files for automake. sourceforge.net. Website down, web.archive.org. Last release was 2.3.9 on 2013年01月29日, does not support python 3. sourceforge.net
Memoize - Designed as a replacement for Make - site unavailable, see the Internet Archive version
PyAnt - development discontinued, last release 0.32 was on 2003年04月12日.
PyBuilder (David Mack)- A Gui interface to compile scripts using py2exe. Last release 0.3 was on 2007年02月28日.
PyMake (web.archive.org) - Designed as a replacement for Make. Development replaced by BuildIt .
PyMake2, site down and last release 0.5.33 on 2017年10月28日 pypi.org
Rebuild - python module that replaces make - site unavailable, see the web.archive.org
Vellum (web.archive.org) - Simple build tool similar to Make. Dead project. https://github.com/zedshaw/vellum . Last release 0.17 on 2009年06月30日.
Vertoo - version management tool (automates version number maintenance across several files). Last release 0.8 on 2003年07月18日. sf.net
2. Build Testing
Bitten - a continuous integration plugin for Trac
BuildBot The TwistedMatrix project has a BuildBot installed which runs the unit test suite on a variety of platforms. The BuildBot uses the Twisted framework for networking, RPC, web status delivery, persistence, and other platform needs.
Apache Gump - Apache's continuous integration tool. "It is written in python and fully supports Apache Ant, Apache Maven and other build tools."
3. Related Lists
4. Editorial Notes
The above lists should be arranged in ascending alphabetical order - please respect this when adding new entries. If, as the developer of a listed application, you disagree with the classification of the work, please move it into the appropriate category or create a new category, respecting the ascending alphabetical order of the categories. When specifying release dates please use the format YYYY-MM-DD.
4.1. Criteria for Dead, Discontinued or Unmaintained Projects
This is a bit difficult to say and it is handled on a case by case basis, but any of the following should be sufficient criteria
- No python 3 support
- Project website is no longer online