Openmake Software

What Openmake Software does

OpenMake Software is a Santa Fe, New Mexico-based, privately held DevOps software vendor founded in 1995 that builds and sells OpenMake Meister, a declarative build-automation platform designed to insulate and secure the software compilation and linking step across the enterprise. Meister uses a rules-based engine to declaratively generate build control files (rather than relying on hand-written imperative scripts), supports over 200 languages and development environments (C/C++, Java, .Net, COBOL, z/OS, plus IDE integrations with Eclipse, IBM Rational, WebSphere and others), and ships with differentiated supply-chain features including VPATH Dependency Directories, a forensic Build Audit Report that extends SBOM concepts, and a Footprinting capability that embeds audit data directly into the binary. Its core go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales led by co-founders Steve Taylor (CTO) and Tracy Ragan (CEO), supplemented by a 20+ year distribution relationship with Broadcom and a free GitHub-hosted version that supports a land-and-expand motion.

The company monetizes primarily through annual subscriptions to the Meister Knowledge Base tiered at $25K (25 users), $40K (50 users), and $75K (unlimited), plus $2,500/year per Remote Build Server endpoint and one-time implementation ($10K) and remote-training ($1,500/user) services. Its installed base exceeds 400 enterprises concentrated in financial services, insurance, healthcare, transportation, and higher education — including BNY Mellon, Banorte Bank, BCBS Michigan, BCBS South Carolina, Zurich, BNSF, and UCLA. OpenMake is 100% self-funded, has 11–50 employees, and spun off DeployHub Inc. in July 2018 to pursue an adjacent open-source application-release-automation and continuous-vulnerability-management line; it also contributes to CNCF as a Silver member and is an active contributor to the Ortelius open-source project under the Continuous Delivery Foundation.

Name

Openmake Software

Legal name

OpenMake Software

Website

https://openmakesoftware.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OpenMake Software, founded 1995 and self-funded, sells Meister — a declarative, rules-based build automation platform supporting 200+ languages including z/OS, used by 400+ enterprises in financial services, insurance, healthcare, and transportation for secure, auditable software supply chain builds.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Build Automation / DevOps Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Platform Engineering & Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) (BPAEAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Platform Engineering & Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) for Compute (HDABADAI), Enterprise Applications User/Admin Training (ERP/CRM/ITSM platforms) (BPAEANAK)

Keywords

• Build automation software
• Declarative build engine
• Software supply chain security
• SBOM and build audit
• Mainframe build automation

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Fe

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Subscriptions (Knowledge Base): Annual subscription pricing for the Meister Knowledge Base operator, sold in tiers based on user count (25, 50, or unlimited users). Includes standard support. This is the core revenue driver for the enterprise product.
2. Remote Build Server Subscription: Annual subscription for Meister Remote Build Server endpoints used for distributing builds across endpoints. Priced at $2,500 USD per endpoint per year.
3. Professional Services: Implementation services including standard installation and setup ($10,000) and remote training at $1,500 per user. These are one-time service engagements for onboarding enterprise customers.
4. Open Source Free Version: A free version of Meister is available on GitHub for small teams, providing a path to convert free users into paid enterprise customers through land-and-expand.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

OpenMake Software develops and sells OpenMake Meister, a declarative build automation platform that compiles and links software across 200+ languages and development environments, including mainframe z/OS. The platform replaces ad-hoc, scripted imperative builds with a rules-based declarative engine, generates extended SBOM Build Audit Reports, embeds forensic data into binaries via Footprinting, and accelerates builds through incremental and distributed execution. It is sold as an annual subscription Knowledge Base (25, 50, or unlimited users) with optional Remote Build Server endpoints, and is complemented by implementation and training services.

Product overview

OpenMake Software offers a single unified product called OpenMake Meister, a declarative build automation solution that has served enterprises for over 25 years. Meister is a rules-based build engine that supports over 200 languages and development environments, providing centralized control of software builds through declarative target declarations, dependency directory management, and automated build audit reporting including SBOM generation. The product is distributed as a Knowledge Base operator with optional Remote Build Servers and includes integration with various IDEs through its TGT Generation Plug-In.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OpenMake Meister A declarative supply chain build automation platform that insulates and secures software compilation and linking across 200+ languages and development environments, including C/C++, Java, .NET, COBOL, and z/OS. It auto-generates build control files via a rules-based engine, produces extended SBOM Build Audit Reports, embeds audit data into binaries via Footprinting, supports incremental and distributed builds via Remote Agents and Server Pools, and integrates with Jenkins, Eclipse, and 200+ developer tools. Sold to large enterprises as an annual subscription Knowledge Base (25, 50, or unlimited users).
• Meister Remote Build Server

Quantifiable outcome

• 20,000+ builds per day capacity
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 January 2018OpenMake Software joined CNCF as a Silver member in January 2018, focusing on Kubernetes and Cloud Native Computing. The company contributes to the Ortelius open source CDF project and is aligned with CNCF's mission to sustain and integrate open source technologies like Kubernetes and Prometheus. Steve Taylor serves as a CDF TOC Board Member and on the CDF Events SIG.
• BroadcomcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMeister has been sold and distributed by Broadcom for over 20 years, making it one of the longest-standing distribution partnerships in the build automation space. This reseller relationship significantly extends OpenMake's enterprise reach.
• DeployHub Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOpenMake Software spun off DeployHub Inc. in July 2018 for the purpose of providing open source Application Release Automation for Continuous Deployment. Co-founded by the same leadership team (Steve Taylor and Tracy Ragan), DeployHub serves as a digital immune system for continuous vulnerability management. DeployHub tracks, versions, and deploys microservices, and is based on the Ortelius open source project.
• Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSteve Taylor is primary contributor to the Ortelius open source CDF Project, a CDF TOC Board Member, and serves on the CDF Events SIG. Tracy Ragan serves as Executive Director of the Ortelius Open Source project and board member of CDF. Ortelius 9.0 was released in partnership with the CDF.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• GitLab: GitLab offers an integrated DevOps platform that includes source, CI/CD, security, and deployment — bundling build automation as a feature rather than a standalone product. It is a broad incumbent threat that pressures standalone build tools on buyer consolidation.
• HashiCorp (Terraform / Packer): HashiCorp's infrastructure automation suite, including Packer for build images and Terraform for provisioning, sits adjacent to Meister in the DevOps toolchain. While not a direct build-engine competitor, it is a comparable enterprise DevOps vendor targeting similar buyers.
• Atlassian (Bitbucket Pipelines): Atlassian's Bitbucket Pipelines and the broader Jira/Bitbucket ecosystem provide CI/CD and build capabilities as part of a wider developer collaboration portfolio. It overlaps with Meister on build automation, especially within enterprises standardized on Atlassian tooling.

Emerging players

• Sonatype (Nexus): Sonatype's Nexus platform provides repository management, component intelligence, and SBOM-aware supply chain security. It overlaps with Meister's SBOM and dependency visibility capabilities and is a meaningful adjacent competitor in regulated enterprises.
• Bazel (Google): Bazel is Google's open-source build tool for polyglot, multi-platform builds at scale. As an open-source alternative with growing enterprise adoption (e.g., through Aspect and EngFlow), it competes with Meister for organizations standardizing on a single declarative build system.

Direct peers

• JFrog: JFrog provides Artifactory and a unified DevOps platform covering build artifact management, security scanning, and release. It directly competes with Meister in build orchestration and binary provenance, particularly for enterprises needing SBOM and software supply chain integrity.
• CircleCI: CircleCI provides cloud and self-hosted CI/CD with build orchestration, parallelism, and caching. It competes with Meister for engineering team build automation budgets, particularly in mid-market and enterprise SaaS organizations.
• CloudBees: CloudBees is the primary commercial sponsor of Jenkins and offers enterprise CI/CD with build automation at scale. It competes with Meister for large enterprise build budgets, particularly in regulated industries where Jenkins-based CI is the incumbent.
• Gradle (Gradle Inc.): Gradle provides the open-source Gradle build tool plus enterprise Build Cache and Develocity products for build acceleration, observability, and SBOM. It is the closest peer to Meister in declarative build automation, particularly for JVM and polyglot builds.
• Electric Cloud (Digital.ai): Electric Cloud (now part of Digital.ai) historically provided enterprise build/release automation (ElectricFlow) and competed head-to-head with Meister for Fortune 1000 build budgets. The product line is now positioned within Digital.ai's DevOps and security portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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