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Buck vs SBT: What are the differences?

What is Buck? A build system developed and used by Facebook. Buck encourages the creation of small, reusable modules consisting of code and resources, and supports a variety of languages on many platforms.

What is SBT? An open-source build tool for Scala and Java projects. It is similar to Java's Maven and Ant. Its main features are: Native support for compiling Scala code and integrating with many Scala test frameworks.

Buck and SBT can be categorized as "Java Build" tools.

Buck is an open source tool with 6.82K GitHub stars and 1.02K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Buck's open source repository on GitHub.

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Pros of Buck
Pros of SBT
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    Fast
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    Java
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    Facebook
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    Runs on OSX
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    Windows Support
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    Support for publishing artifacts in Maven, Ivy formats
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    Works across Windows, Linux and MacOS
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    Support for Zinc and BSP
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    No Breaking Changes
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    Best for Mono-Repo and Multi-Project builds
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    Preference option to build Mix Scala-Java Projects
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    IntelliJ support
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    Continuous compilation
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    Flexible
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    Dependency manageemnt
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    Incremental Builds

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Cons of Buck
Cons of SBT
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    Lack of Documentation
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    Learning Curve
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    Learning Curve is a bit steep

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What is Buck?

Buck encourages the creation of small, reusable modules consisting of code and resources, and supports a variety of languages on many platforms.

What is SBT?

It is similar to Java's Maven and Ant. Its main features are: Native support for compiling Scala code and integrating with many Scala test frameworks.

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What are some alternatives to Buck and SBT?
Bazel
Bazel is a build tool that builds code quickly and reliably. It is used to build the majority of Google's software, and thus it has been designed to handle build problems present in Google's development environment.
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
Visual Studio Code
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.
Docker
The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere
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