NUKE

🏗 The AKEless Build System for C#/.NET

Description

Started in April 2017, NUKE is a free, open-source build automation system for C#/.NET. It runs on any platform (.NET Core, .NET Framework, Mono) and integrates natively with all IDEs (VisualStudio, JetBrains Rider, etc.). While builds are bootstrapped with conventional scripts (build.ps1 or build.sh), their actual implementation is based on simple C# console applications. This allows IDE features like code-completion, refactorings and debugging to be used as usual. One further step is that build steps are actual symbols (expression-bodied properties) and therefore provide superior navigation and type-safety.

Programming language: C#

License: MIT License

Tags: Build Automation    

Latest version: v6.2.1

README

The AKEless Build System for C#/.NET

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Table of Contents

• Description
• Features
• Example
• Continuous Integration
• Users
• Sponsors
• Technology Sponsors

Description

NUKE is the most intuitive and productive build automation system for C#/.NET that runs cross-platform on .NET Core, .NET Framework, and Mono. While builds are bootstrapped with conventional Bash or PowerShell scripts, their actual implementation resides in simple C# console applications. This approach unleashes the power of the type system and natively provides IDE features like code-completion, refactorings, and debugging. A custom global tool and several IDE extensions further improve how build projects are setup, authored and executed. A revolutionary code-generation approach ensures scalable integration of third-party tools like MSBuild or dotnet CLI.

For more information checkout the resources and FAQ sections.

Features

Here is a short list of some most-loved features:

• 🎲 Easy to adopt in a team
• 🧠 Comfortable to run
• 🔥 Powerful dependency model
• 📥 Parameter declarations
• 👾 Extensive tools support
• ⚙️ Deep CI integration
• 🍀 Build sharing options
• 🗂 Project model support
• 💾 Abstraction of OS paths
• 🧩 Extensibility points
• 🔌 IDE extensions
• 📝 Logging and assertions
• ❤️ Backed by community

Example

Continuous Integration

NUKE builds and tests itself on several different CI servers, which helps ensuring a working integration with those systems. At the same time, the individual configuration files serve as example for the generation experience:

Build Server	Status	Platform	Configuration
TeamCity		Win	settings.kts
GitHub Actions		Win / Ubuntu / MacOS	continuous.yml
GitLab CI		Ubuntu	.gitlab-ci.yml
Azure Pipelines		Win / Linux / MacOS	azure-pipelines.yml
AppVeyor		Win / Ubuntu	appveyor.yml

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Users

• ASP.NET Boilerplate 1
• AvaloniaUI 1
• Aviva Solutions B.V. 1 2
• ChilliCream 1
• CsvHelper 1
• DNN Community 1
• FluentAssertions 1
• JetBrains s.r.o. 1 2
• NSwag 1
• Octopus Deploy Pty. Ltd. 1 2 3
• OmniSharp 1
• Quartz.NET 1
• VirtoCommerce 1

Sponsors

Thanks to all companies, organizations, and individuals who are sponsoring the further development of this project. Your support means a lot! 💙

Technology Sponsors

Thanks to JetBrains for providing licenses for Rider and access to a TeamCity Cloud instance, which both make open-source development a real pleasure!