Cake (C# Make) is a build automation system with a C# DSL to do things like compiling code, copy files/folders, running unit tests, compress files and build NuGet packages.

Build server	Platform	Build status	Integration tests
Azure Pipelines	MacOS
Azure Pipelines	Windows
Azure Pipelines	Debian
Azure Pipelines	Fedora
Azure Pipelines	Centos
Azure Pipelines	Ubuntu
AppVeyor	Windows
Travis	Linux / MacOS
TeamCity	Windows
Bitrise	MacOS
Bitrise	Linux
MyGet Build Services	Windows
Bitbucket Pipelines	Linux
GitLab	Linux

1. Documentation
2. Example
   • Install the Cake bootstrapper
   • Create a Cake script
   • Run it!
3. Contributing
4. Get in touch
5. License

You can read the latest documentation at https://cakebuild.net/.

This example downloads the Cake bootstrapper and executes a simple build script. The bootstrapper is used to bootstrap Cake in a simple way and is not in required in any way to execute build scripts. If you prefer to invoke the Cake executable yourself, take a look at the command line usage.

This example is also available on our homepage: https://cakebuild.net/docs/tutorials/setting-up-a-new-project

The bootstrapper is used to download Cake and the tools required by the build script.

Invoke-WebRequest https://cakebuild.net/download/bootstrapper/windows -OutFile build.ps1

curl -Lsfo build.sh https://cakebuild.net/download/bootstrapper/linux

curl -Lsfo build.sh https://cakebuild.net/download/bootstrapper/osx

Add a cake script called build.cake to the same location as the bootstrapper script that you downloaded.

var target = Argument("target", "Default");

Task("Default")
  .Does(() =>
{
  Information("Hello World!");
});

RunTarget(target);

# Execute the bootstrapper script.
./build.ps1

# Adjust the permissions for the bootstrapper script.
chmod +x build.sh

# Execute the bootstrapper script.
./build.sh

So you’re thinking about contributing to Cake? Great! It’s really appreciated.

Make sure you've read the contribution guidelines before sending that epic pull request. You'll also need to sign the contribution license agreement (CLA) for anything other than a trivial change. NOTE: The .NET Foundation CLA Bot will provide a link to this CLA within the PR that you submit if it is deemed as required.

• Fork the repository.
• Create a branch to work in.
• Make your feature addition or bug fix.
• Don't forget the unit tests.
• Send a pull request.

Copyright © .NET Foundation, Patrik Svensson, Mattias Karlsson, Gary Ewan Park, Alistair Chapman, Martin Björkström, Dave Glick, Pascal Berger and contributors.

Cake is provided as-is under the MIT license. For more information see LICENSE.

• For Roslyn, see https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/master/License.txt
• For Autofac, see https://github.com/autofac/Autofac/blob/master/LICENSE
• For NuGet.Core, see https://github.com/NuGet/Home/blob/dev/LICENSE.txt

A big thank you has to go to JetBrains who provide each of the Cake Developers with an Open Source License for ReSharper that helps with the development of Cake.

The Cake Team would also like to say thank you to the guys at MyGet for their support in providing a Professional Subscription which allows us to continue to push all of our pre-release editions of Cake NuGet packages for early consumption by the Cake Community.

This project has adopted the code of conduct defined by the Contributor Covenant to clarify expected behavior in our community. For more information see the .NET Foundation Code of Conduct.

By signing the CLA, the community is free to use your contribution to .NET Foundation projects.

This project is supported by the .NET Foundation.