steal is unique because it can load JavaScript modules defined in ES6, AMD, and CommonJS formats (unlike most other module loaders, which only support one of these formats at a time). In JavaScript, the word "modules" refers to small units of independent, reusable code. They are the foundation of many JavaScript design patterns, and can look like this in ES6.

Steal - Universal module loader

Webpack is a module bundler. Its main purpose is to bundle JavaScript files for usage in a browser, yet it is also capable of transforming, bundling, or packaging just about any resource or asset. 
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<li>Bundles <a href="http://www.2ality.com/2014/09/es6-modules-final.html" rel="nofollow">ES Modules</a>, <a href="http://wiki.commonjs.org/" rel="nofollow">CommonJS</a> and <a href="https://github.com/amdjs/amdjs-api/wiki/AMD">AMD</a> modules (even combined).</li>
<li>Can create a single bundle or multiple chunks that are asynchronously loaded at runtime (to reduce initial loading time).</li>
<li>Dependencies are resolved during compilation, reducing the runtime size.</li>
<li>Loaders can preprocess files while compiling, e.g. TypeScript to JavaScript, Handlebars strings to compiled functions, images to Base64, etc.</li>
<li>Highly modular plugin system to do whatever else your application requires.</li>
</ul>

Webpack is a module bundler. Its main purpose is to bundle JavaScript files for usage in a browser, yet it is also capable of transforming, bundling, or packaging just about any resource or asset. 

Webpack - A bundler for javascript and friends

Cake (C# Make) is a build automation system with a C# DSL to do things like compiling code, copy files/folders, running unit tests, compress files and build NuGet packages. Cake is built on top of the Roslyn compiler which enables you to write your build scripts in C#. It supports the most common tools used during builds such as MSBuild, MSTest, xUnit, NUnit, NuGet, ILMerge, WiX and SignTool out of the box. 

Cake - (C# Make) is a cross platform build automation system

Parcel is a blazing fast zero configuration web application bundler. It automatically transforms modules using Babel, PostCSS, and PostHTML when needed - even node_modules. It has out of the box support for JS, CSS, HTML, file assets, and more - no plugins to install.
 
Parcel supports many languages and file types out of the box, from web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, to assets like images, fonts, videos, and more. And when you use a file type that isn't included by default, Parcel will automatically install all of the necessary plugins and dev dependencies for you. It supports hot reloading, when you make a change, Parcel automatically updates your code in the browser – no page reload necessary. It also integrates with React Fast Refresh and the Vue Hot Reloading API to automatically preserve your application state between updates.
 
Parcel builds your code in parallel using worker threads, utilizing all of the cores on your machine. Everything is cached, so you never build the same code twice.

Parcel is a blazing fast zero configuration web application bundler. It automatically transforms modules using Babel, PostCSS, and PostHTML when needed - even node_modules. It has out of the box support for JS, CSS, HTML, file assets, and more - no plugins to install.



Parcel - Blazing fast, zero configuration web application bundler

Nx is a next generation build system with first class monorepo support and powerful integrations. Nx builds a project graph by analyzing your workspace, which it then uses to only rebuild what is necessary and to never run the same computation twice. 
 
Nx comes with an interactive dependency diagram to help explore and understand your workspace. It provides a modern integrated dev experience. It has a high-quality VS Code plugin, interactive visualizations, GitHub integration and more.

Nx is a next generation build system with first class monorepo support and powerful integrations. Nx builds a project graph by analyzing your workspace, which it then uses to only rebuild what is necessary and to never run the same computation twice. 

Nx - Smart, Fast and Extensible Build System

Vagrant is a tool for building complete development environments. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant lowers development environment setup time, increases development/production parity. Machines are provisioned on top of VirtualBox, VMware, AWS, or any other provider. Then, industry-standard provisioning tools such as shell scripts, Chef, or Puppet, can be used to automatically install and configure software on the machine. 

Vagrant - Automatic Deployment Tool

Grunt is a Javascript task runner. It automates work you have to do when performing repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, linting, etc. The Grunt ecosystem is huge and it's growing every day. With literally hundreds of plugins to choose from.

Grunt - The JavaScript Task Runner

build2 is an open source (MIT), cross-platform toolchain for building and packaging C++ code. It includes the build system (build2), package manager (bpkg), and repository web interface (brep). 

Build2 - C++ Build Toolchain

WixEdit is an editor for XML source code of the Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset. WixEdit lets you create MSI and MSM setup packages with the WiX Toolset. It provides a visual representation of the dialogs and an easy way to edit the WiX source files.

WixEdit -  Edit WiX Source files

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