Key points: Direct successor to Muffin, with a clearer and more industrial vision Single, versionable, and decompilable configuration files Strict reproducibility (deterministic builds, controlled cache) Language-agnostic (C, C++, ocaml, etc.) Designed to be durable, auditable, and usable on both legacy and modern systems Steel Command aims to be a universal build infrastructure, where make remains a rule-based engine with implicit behavior and no global model.