The best replacement for msbuild is nant.

The best alternatives to msbuild are rated as following:
★★★★★  nant
★★★★  devenv
★★  csc
★★  nmake
★★  maven
★★  msdeploy
★  visual studio build
★  vcbuild
★  tfs build
★  aspnet_compiler
★  rake
  team build
  psake

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★★ nuget
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★ fxcop
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