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As of 4 November 2026, Apache Maven leads build packaging with 2,043 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Gradle at 1,259.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Leader
Apache Maven · 2,043
Runner-up
Gradle · 1,259
Most hiring, 90 days
Apache Maven
Highest postings per company
MLIR
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
12,166companies across the category
17%of them on Apache Maven
29,331postings naming a build packaging in 90 days
40tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every build packaging we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
Apache MavenApache Software Foundation
2,043
6,8233.3
2
GradleGradle
1,259
3,1242.5
3
WebpackOpenJS Foundation
1,059
2,0111.9
4
ViteEvan You / Vite team
798
1,1881.5
5
JFrog ArtifactoryJFrog
750
2,4223.2
6
CMakeKitware
592
1,3862.3
7
npmGitHub
578
1,0651.8
8
ComposerComposer (PHP)
493
8601.7
9
GCCGNU Project
440
1,3213.0
10
Apache AntApache Software Foundation
349
5211.5
11
Swift Package ManagerApple
297
8282.8
12
BabelBabel
261
4281.6
13
BazelGoogle
258
6342.5
14
GulpGulp
256
2621.0
15
YarnYarn
226
5272.3
16
GruntOpenJS Foundation
185
1991.1
17
RPMRed Hat
156
2951.9
18
JFrogJFrog
153
6003.9
19
GNU MakeFree Software Foundation
150
4493.0
20
TurborepoVercel
143
2431.7
21
pnpmpnpm
141
1981.4
22
LLVMLLVM Foundation
138
5774.2
23
NuGetMicrosoft
117
2001.7
24
Salesforce CLISalesforce
107
2152.0
25
HarborCNCF
104
2682.6
26
CocoaPodsCocoaPods
103
1381.3
27
MLIRLLVM Project
99
4985.0
28
Module FederationWebpack
97
2642.7
29
ClangLLVM Project
93
1942.1
30
ConanJFrog
87
1892.2
31
RollupRollup contributors
70
811.2
32
BuckMeta
69
1472.1
33
Google Artifact RegistryGoogle
66
1392.1
34
Angular CLIGoogle
65
1392.1
35
PyPIPython Software Foundation
65
2664.1
36
pipPython Software Foundation
64
1792.8
37
APTDebian
61
1412.3
38
Ninja
60
1161.9
39
BitBakeYocto Project
58
1011.7
40
MSBuildMicrosoft
56
951.7
03 — Head to head

Compare two tools

Same data, two columns: who chooses which by size, industry and country.

Apache Maven vs Gradle2,043 · 1,259Apache Maven vs Webpack2,043 · 1,059Apache Maven vs Vite2,043 · 798Apache Maven vs JFrog Artifactory2,043 · 750Apache Maven vs CMake2,043 · 592Gradle vs Webpack1,259 · 1,059Gradle vs Vite1,259 · 798Gradle vs JFrog Artifactory1,259 · 750Gradle vs CMake1,259 · 592Webpack vs Vite1,059 · 798Webpack vs JFrog Artifactory1,059 · 750Webpack vs CMake1,059 · 592Vite vs JFrog Artifactory798 · 750Vite vs CMake798 · 592JFrog Artifactory vs CMake750 · 592
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Apache Maven leads build packaging with 2,043 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Gradle at 1,259. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/build-packaging)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

build packaging: questions

How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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