I agree. The only one that was close for me is Just. It is just Makefiles but without all the baggage.

I mean, I doubt the Windows support is particularly solid here either. Using shell commands to formulate tasks will never be great for Windows, because the shell ecosystem is simply Linux.

I know someone that will find this interesting.

Thanks!

As someone that uses both Java and k8s at work. I’ll take yaml over xml any day of the week. Maven build files are like 50% useless fluff.

Your comment is perhaps a bit confusing without a link: https://just.systems/man/en/

Because it's written in Rust.

Seriously, though; there are a dozen widely used make systems, most of which are more widely used than just. People have ideas and think they can improve. As far as it goes, having a bunch of different make options is one of the least annoying areas; diversity is mostly hidden from end users, and you only really have to learn it if you plan on becoming a contributor.

However, if you're asking for a comparison table, a "why is this better than make, or ant, or maven, or cmake, or ninja, or just, or rake," then yeah, I agree. Having a brief elevator pitch is appreciated.