| Bakefile | | Freeware - Generates traditional makefiles from a compiler-independent build tasks. Features output of Makefile.in files for autoconf, makefiles for vcc/bcc compilers, and use on wxWindows new build system. |
| CMake | | Freeware - Generates traditional Unix/Windows makefiles for C/C++ projects from manually created input files written in the CMake language. |
| GNU Automake | | Freeware - Generates makefile.in files from makefile.am input files, as part of the official GNU coding standards and build process. Requires GNU autoconf. |
| Imake | | Freeware - Generates traditional makefiles by using the CPP preprocessor and makedepend programs to assemble makefiles from templates and Imakefile control files. From the MIT X11 project. |
| Makedep | | Freeware - A dependency generator that analyzes C/C++ source code and generates a dependency file for inclusion into traditional makefiles. |
| Makedepend | | Freeware - A dependency generator for C/C++ code used by Imake from the X11 distribution. Can be used without Imake to generate makefile dependency files. |
| Makeit | | Freeware - Generates GNU Makefiles for C/C++ projects, featuring dependency scanning and variant compilation support. Part of the OSE application development framework. |
| Smart Makefile Now | | Codefast - Smart makefile, perlfile, and antfile generators for software processes, including software builds. Features collections, dependency scanning, a knowledge base, makefiles for parallel builds, multiple platforms. | |
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