--- title: GNU Automake Reviews meta\_title: 'GNU Automake Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 11 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how GNU Automake works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.2 review\_count: 11 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: CI/CD Tools url: https://www.g2.com/categories/ci-cd-tools --- # GNU Automake Reviews & Product Details GNU is an operating system that is free software-that is, it respects users' freedom. The development of GNU made it possible to use a computer without software that would trample your freedom. * * * Seller [FreeCAD](https://www.g2.com/sellers/freecad) Discussions [GNU Automake Community](https://www.g2.com/products/gnu-automake/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![CMake](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "CMake") CMake 4.3/5(17) ](https://www.g2.com/products/cmake/reviews) [ ![SCons](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "SCons") SCons 4.1/5(17) ](https://www.g2.com/products/scons/reviews) [ ![FinalBuilder](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "FinalBuilder") FinalBuilder 4.6/5(13) ](https://www.g2.com/products/finalbuilder/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/gnu-automake/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 11 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Internet](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Internet") UI Verified User in Internet Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/31/2019 "Awesome tool for configuring your makefiles on many machines" 5/5 What do you like best about GNU Automake? I like that it provides a single tool to configure make systems across multiple platforms. It can be a real chore to get the variables setup to work right across different \*nix flavors, let alone 32bit vs 64 bit and big vs little endian machines. This does all that for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GNU Automake? If your system doesn't work with autoconfigure it can take a fair amount of knowledge about your platform to get all the issues sorted out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GNU Automake: If you are creating source code that uses make files for distribution this is a great way to make your software work on multiple systems. Much better then putting it out there with just your makefile. However there are lots of newer build platforms that more developers will be accustomed to using. Makefiles can be difficult for new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GNU Automake solving and how is that benefiting you? Building opensource software that use makefiles from the source code . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite AF Andrew F. Founder Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 2/3/2019 "GNU Make.. GCC's best friend " 5/5 What do you like best about GNU Automake? As a Free Software Foundation Member and programmer with lots of experience I can say that Automake is the best software besides Emacs that GNU has to offer. the make commands are so easy to use and the autogenerated .make files make it all the better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GNU Automake? Automake is hard to use if you don't have documentation on how to use it or have the documentation for the program you are compiling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GNU Automake: GNU automake just works as long as you know the options and have a working make file with the program code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GNU Automake solving and how is that benefiting you? GNU make and automake allow me to custom compile programs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness") UH Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/31/2019 "GNU review" 4.5/5 What do you like best about GNU Automake? It is free and is part of the GNU license which is nice. Also, it is able to provide single tools to configure make systems across many different platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GNU Automake? Your own personal system may not work too well with it unless you have a ton of knowledge about it and how to figure it out on your own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GNU Automake solving and how is that benefiting you? Open source software building. We use it for autoconfigure and other things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Telecommunications](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Telecommunications") UT Verified User in Telecommunications Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/24/2018 "Very good tool or executable for automatically generating makefiles" 4.5/5 What do you like best about GNU Automake? The best thing about this tool is - it is free and part of GNU license. So it can be easily included as part of any project where makefiles need to generated - e.g. using utilities like configure (running ./configure that checks for various dependencies and finally generates the makefile depending on the system architecture. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GNU Automake? Automake is not backward compatible i.e a project created with automake 1.2 will not work with automake 1.3 - so in such cases we may have to include automake versions or always use latest common version of automake for all projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GNU Automake: Automake needs to be used with other utilities like autoconf, gcc, etc in order to generate makefiles. Make sure that all projects use the same version of automake so that compatibility issues do not arise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GNU Automake solving and how is that benefiting you? Our work involves creating multiple projects by integrating several C/C++ files. So in such cases we use automake in combination with other utilities like autoconf, configure, gcc, etc to generate generic makefiles for building the project executable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Religious Institutions](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Religious Institutions") AR Verified User in Religious Institutions Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/24/2018 "Best for compiling programs" 4.5/5 What do you like best about GNU Automake? The speed and ease of preparing software for compiling and installing cannot be beat. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GNU Automake? Sometimes it complains about missing dependencies that are not required for the compiled program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GNU Automake: I have not found any other software that works as well as Automake for your software compiling needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GNU Automake solving and how is that benefiting you? Running several Debian servers, the ability to compile programs specific for my installation make this a lifesaver. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Consumer Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Consumer Services") UC Verified User in Consumer Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/1/2016 "GNU Automake for C++ projects" 5/5 What do you like best about GNU Automake? Simplifies writing Makefiles in higher-level language rather than writing everything manually. Automatically takes care of all dependencies. When a source is modified it automatically recompiles it when next time automake is invoked. It automatically resolves large number of targets to be built for which is tedious with plain makefiles Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about GNU Automake? having static paths breaks cross-compilation ability.Steep learning curve.It Does not fit well for Windows OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering GNU Automake: Perfect tool for compiling,cleaning, installing and uninstalling C++ programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is GNU Automake solving and how is that benefiting you? Building and deploying C++ projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 12/8/2017 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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