Software Map

MaKL is a simple and light framework for building
multi-platform C/C++ projects, purely based on the
Bourne Shell and GNU Make. It is much easier to
install and use than other typical building
systems, while maintaining the essential
functionality. It is ideal for embedded systems
due to its cross-compilation, multiplatform
toolchaining mechanisms, and minimal external
dependencies.

Buildkernel is an intelligent shell script that automates the task of building a Linux kernel. For beginning users, it handles the process from beginning to end, prompting the user when they have to do something. Advanced users can use it to build multiple kernels with little effort. Buildkernel will download kernel and pcmcia source, remove unnecessary code, create symlinks, automatically patch the kernel, build the kernel, modules, and pcmcia modules (nicely), and install them to hard disk or floppy, running LILO as necessary.

gitty-gitty, the (general | GNU) template generation tools, are a set of scripts for creating a whole set of sources which may already be compiled and installed using the GNU development tools. Think of gtgt as a program which is able to create an already compilable, very sophisticated "hello world" program, written in C or C++ and constituted by a main program, two internal modules (classes), and one static and one shared library, and this complex "Hello World" is already fully embedded into the GNU autoconf/automake development environment. By using gitty-gitty, you will get a template of sources for the main cases you might meet, and which you can also use as examples for automake, autoconf, etc.

cm_tools is a collection of commandline utilities that support and
extend RCS and related configuration management activity.

Cobras is a programming environment for Qt, and is
written in Qt itself. It has an integrated debugger (as a front-end for GDB), and is very functional and helpful. It is fast and easy to use. It consists of one binary file (plus
an icon for the desktop). It does not create its
own files when working with a project, but uses
only the original '.pro' file.

The goal for A-A-P is to make it easy to locate,
download, and install software. Additionally, it
supports making changes to a program and managing
different versions that exist in the world, making
it useful both for users and for developers. It
uses a recipe that is similar to a Makefile, but
with many enhancements, such as integrated Python
script support, support for Internet access, and
version control. An IDE will be provided that
integrates your favorite editor, debugger, and
other tools.

Makefiles is a high-level build system and suite of portability tools. It is
meant to be easier to use than autoconf and generally superior. The package
contains a set of rules that allows you to compile structured projects with
small and uniformly structured makefiles. All rules are located in a central
directory. Compiling the projects on different platforms can be done
simultaneously without having to modify any of the makefiles that are located
in the projects directories.

autogen.sh (a.k.a. buildconf) provides automatic
build system preparation and is generally very
useful to projects that use the GNU build system
(i.e. the GNU autotools: autoconf, automake, and
libtool). It is a POSIX shell script that is used
for preparing a build system for compilation,
verifying versions, ensuring necessary
functionality, and overcoming many common build
preparation issues.

AntFlow builds upon Apache Ant to provide a new
approach to simplifying system automation that
uses pipelines of hot folders chained together to
perform a given task. Using XML, it associates an
automated task such as data transfer, encryption,
or XML processing with a directory on the local
system. Whenever a file is copied or written into
the hot folder, the associated task is executed
and the file is moved to the next hot folder in
the pipeline for further processing.

hilite is a utility which executes whatever command you specify, highlighting
anything it prints to stderr. It's most useful when compiling, since warnings
are printed in bright red and are therefore very hard to miss.