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Premake vs Qbs: catalog facts
Premake	Qbs
Free Free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence.	Free Free and open source, maintained by the community.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
One script generates project files for many toolsets Readable Lua-based syntax	Declarative project description Integrates with Qt Creator
Generates project files rather than building directly Smaller ecosystem than CMake	Qt itself has moved to CMake for official builds Binaries come mainly bundled with Qt Creator and the Qt SDK
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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