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Cake
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Cake
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Free and open source, including for commercial use
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On the record
- Built-in tools
- Cake supports MSBuild, .NET CLI, MSTest, xUnit, NUnit, NuGet, ILMerge, WiX, and SignTool out of the box.cakebuild.net · read 29 Sep 2026
- CI integrations
- Documented build system integrations include Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, TeamCity, Bitbucket Pipelines, and RWX.cakebuild.net · read 29 Sep 2026
- Community support
- The community page points users to discussion and getting-help resources and reports several hundred contributors.cakebuild.net · read 29 Sep 2026
- Editor integrations
- The site lists integrations for Atom, JetBrains Rider, Visual Studio Code, and Visual Studio, including features such as IntelliSense for some editors.cakebuild.net · read 29 Sep 2026
- Extensions
- The extensions directory lists addins and modules that extend Cake, and says extension issues should be directed to each extension's author.cakebuild.net · read 29 Sep 2026
- Operating systems
- Cake runs on modern .NET and is available on Windows, Linux, and macOS.cakebuild.net · read 29 Sep 2026
- Runtime requirement
- The Cake .NET Tool NuGet package requires .NET 8 or newer.cakebuild.net · read 29 Sep 2026
- SDK capabilities
- Cake.Sdk supports native .NET CLI publishing of self-contained executables and containers.cakebuild.net · read 29 Sep 2026
- Security-related feature
- Cake 6.3.0 introduced GitHub Actions OIDC trusted publishing that exchanges an OIDC token for a short-lived NuGet.org API key, avoiding a long-lived publishing secret.cakebuild.net · read 29 Sep 2026
- Support lifecycle
- Cake supports the current major release with bug fixes to its latest version, and ends support for a major release when the next major version is published.cakebuild.net · read 29 Sep 2026
- Ways to write builds
- Build scripts can be written as Cake scripts, Cake.Sdk projects or single-file apps, or Cake Frosting console applications.cakebuild.net · read 29 Sep 2026
- What it does
- Cake is a cross-platform build automation system with a C# DSL for compiling code, copying files and folders, running tests, compressing files, and building NuGet packages.cakebuild.net · read 29 Sep 2026
