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

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