Apache Ant vs AWS CodeBuild: What are the differences?

Apache Ant: Java based build tool. Ant is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is kind of like Make, without Make's wrinkles and with the full portability of pure Java code; AWS CodeBuild: Build and test code with continuous scaling. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed build service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages that are ready to deploy. With CodeBuild, you don’t need to provision, manage, and scale your own build servers.

Apache Ant can be classified as a tool in the "Java Build Tools" category, while AWS CodeBuild is grouped under "Continuous Integration".

Some of the features offered by Apache Ant are:

• The most complete Java build and deployment tool available.
• Platform neutral and can handle platform specific properties such as file separators
• Can be used to perform platform specific tasks such as modifying the modified time of a file using 'touch' command

On the other hand, AWS CodeBuild provides the following key features:

• Fully Managed Build Service
• Continuous Scaling
• Enables Continuous Integration

"Flexible" is the top reason why over 3 developers like Apache Ant, while over 4 developers mention "Pay per minute" as the leading cause for choosing AWS CodeBuild.

Apache Ant is an open source tool with 244 GitHub stars and 255 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Apache Ant's open source repository on GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, Apache Ant has a broader approval, being mentioned in 24 company stacks & 12 developers stacks; compared to AWS CodeBuild, which is listed in 21 company stacks and 14 developer stacks.