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Premake vs SCons: catalog facts
Premake	SCons
Free Free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
One script generates project files for many toolsets Readable Lua-based syntax	Build files are Python scripts Automatic dependency scanning for C, C++ and Fortran
Generates project files rather than building directly Smaller ecosystem than CMake	Requires Python to run Less common than CMake or Make in many projects
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: MIT
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 2, 2026

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