Waf is a general-purpose build system which was modelled from Scons. Though it comes last in the arena of the build systems, we believe that Waf is a vastly superior alternative to its competitors (Autotools, Scons, Cmake, Ant, etc) for building software, and especially for open-source projects:
Waf depends on Python only which is ported on most platforms
Waf scripts are Python modules which are easier to learn and to maintain that custom languages
Waf license has very little constraints (BSD) and can be redistributed easily (all in one 100kb script)
Waf architecture is modular and can be extended easily, it relies on state-of-the-art algorithms
Waf provides many more features than its competitors
Waf provides many small projects and code snippets
