# Apache Ant Build Tool

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/apache-ant/apache-ant-build-tool/  
**Provider:** Apache Ant — https://apis.io/providers/apache-ant/  
**Documentation:** https://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html

Apache Ant Build Tool is one of 2 APIs that [Apache Ant](https://apis.io/providers/apache-ant/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Builds, Java, and XML. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, a getting-started guide, and an API reference.

Apache Ant provides a Java library and command-line tool for automating build processes through XML-based build files. It supports compilation, testing, packaging, and deployment of Java and non-Java projects. Ant exposes a Java API for programmatic build execution and custom task (Antlib) development.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html
- **GettingStarted** — https://ant.apache.org/manual/tutorial-HelloWorldWithAnt.html
- **APIReference** — https://ant.apache.org/manual/api/index.html
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-ant/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Apache Ant APIs (1)

- [Apache Ivy](https://apis.io/apis/apache-ant/apache-ivy/)

## Tags

Builds, Java, XML

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