* [GNU Make](http://www.gnu.org/software/make/) - The most popular automation build tool for many purposes.
* [Gradle](http://gradle.org/) - Another build automation system.
* [Rake](https://github.com/ruby/rake) - Build automation tool similar to Make, written in and extensible in Ruby.
* [Bolt](https://puppet.com/products/bolt) - You can use Bolt to run one-off tasks, scripts to automate the provisioning and management of some nodes, you can use Bolt to move a step beyond scripts, and make them shareable.