Ant

Apache Ant is a Java-based build automation tool from the Apache Software Foundation, primarily used for compiling, packaging, testing, and deploying Java applications. It defines build processes using XML files, offering a highly flexible and extensible framework for automating repetitive…

Key facts

First appeared: 1999
Category: technology
Problem solved: Apache Ant was created to provide a platform-independent and extensible solution for automating software build processes, specifically addressing the shortcomings of traditional tools like Make for Java development. It aimed to standardize compilation, packaging, testing, and deployment across diverse operating systems where shell-script-based Makefiles failed.
Platforms: Linux, macOS, Any platform with a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Windows

Related technologies

Java
Eclipse IDE
CVS
Apache Tomcat
SVN
Jenkins

Notable users

Many enterprises with legacy Java applications
Oracle
IBM
Apache Software Foundation projects (historically)