Feature

Everything you need to automate your builds

FinalBuilder combines a powerful visual interface with hundreds of built-in actions, integrated debugging, and comprehensive scripting support. Explore all the features that make FinalBuilder the choice of developers worldwide.

Visual Interface

Design your builds visually

FinalBuilder's logically structured, graphical interface enables developers to define and maintain build processes without learning XML or specialized scripting languages. See exactly what your build does at every step with our intuitive drag-and-drop designer.

Action Types Tab - organized categories
Main Action List - drag-and-drop management
Run Tab - real-time execution monitoring
Build Log - detailed output tracking
FinalBuilder IDE - Visual Designer
Action Library

600+ built-in actions for every task

FinalBuilder includes an extensive pre-written action library covering all common build tasks. From compilers and version control to testing and deployment, everything you need is included out of the box.

All major compilers supported
Version control integration
Command line tools
Installers and deployment
Action Types Browser
Flow Control

Complete control over your build flow

FinalBuilder supports Try/Catch error handling along with loops and conditional statements comparable to full programming languages. Build sophisticated automation workflows with complete control over execution paths.

Try/Catch/Finally error handling
Switch/Case/Else conditionals
For/While loops
Async Action Groups for parallel execution
Flow Control Actions

Powerful capabilities at your fingertips

Every feature is designed to make your build process more reliable, maintainable, and efficient.

Integrated Debugging

Step through actions, set breakpoints, and monitor variable watches in real-time.

Variables System

Project, user, and macro variables with runtime modification and scripting integration.

Version Control

Native support for 12+ version control systems including Git, SVN, and TFS.

Scripting

VBScript, JavaScript, PowerShell, and IronPython support with full IDE integration.

Debugging

Debug your builds like code

The debugging engine is fully integrated into the FinalBuilder IDE. Step between actions, set breakpoints, and monitor variable watches to systematically troubleshoot and refine your build processes.

Step-by-step execution
Variable watches
Breakpoint support
Real-time troubleshooting
Integrated Debugger
Variables

Dynamic build configuration

Variables enable truly dynamic builds. Use them in nearly every text property of actions - file paths, directories, and more. Modify at runtime, expose as environment variables, or use the macro option for dynamic re-evaluation.

Project and User variables
Runtime modification
Scripting integration
Macro option for dynamic evaluation
Variables Editor
Version Control

Works with your source control

FinalBuilder supports more than a dozen version control systems out-of-the-box, so it can get, checkout, tag, and perform other build-related operations with your existing revision control system.

Git and GitHub
Subversion (SVN)
Mercurial
Team Foundation Server
Version Control Integration
Scripting

Comprehensive scripting support

FinalBuilder provides built-in support for VBScript, JavaScript, PowerShell, and IronPython. Scripts can be triggered at specific points through action events, interact with variables, and work directly with actions.

PowerShell integration
VBScript and JavaScript
BeforeAction/AfterAction events
Full variable access
Script Editor
Extensibility

Create your own actions

Action Studio is an integrated development environment for creating custom FinalBuilder actions. Included free under the Tools menu, it enables you to extend FinalBuilder's built-in functionality with your own action packages.

XML-based action packages (.FBAP)
PowerShell and .NET support
ActiveScript (VBScript, JScript)
Protected packages (Professional)
Action Studio IDE

And much more

FinalBuilder includes everything you need for professional build automation.

Detailed Logging

Tree-structured logs exportable as HTML, XML, or plain text for easy analysis and archiving.

Notifications

Email, FTP, and SFTP support for automatic build result notifications.

Scheduled Builds

Tight integration with Windows Task Scheduler for automated daily, weekly, or custom schedules.

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