Dep, a software build automation tool
Dep is supposed to be a better 'make': the language is simpler, but the results are better.
Dep, a software build automation tool launched on October 12, 2024 with 9 votes, #1,236 of 5,185 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
What it does
Dep is a software build automation tool, similar in function to Make but easier to use and more powerful. Dep has a very simple language, little more than a scripting language. It figures out the source and target of a build command by analysing the command line. It figures out the files included by any source file by simply reading all the source files. Dep has special syntax for unusual situations such as existence dependencies and change dependencies, it handles subprojects very well, and it has some good ways to speed up the build process. Dep 0.61 Release Notes Download dep-0.61.tar.gz (184572 bytes) Download dep-0.61.tar.xz (144540 bytes) dep-0.61.tar SHA256 hash:…from depbuild.org
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