What is "sparkbuild"

SparkBuild is an alternative implementation of the widely used GNU make and Microsoft NMAKE build tools.

It uses the same language features as GNU make and NMAKE, but it adds build avoidance technology and extended logging features in order to make the tool more effective for developers.

SparkBuild also has a graphical tool to read its xml-formatted build logs for debugging and optimization.

SparkBuild was created by commercial tool vendor Electric Cloud and is a free download for both commercial and non-commercial projects.