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See <a href="docs/running-builds/runners">Runners</a> for a list of available runners. </p> </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <h3 class="no-anchor">IDE integration</h3> <p> Cake can run as simple console applications with full IDE integration including IntelliSense or refactoring. There are extensions available to provide advanced features for most popular IDEs and editors. See <a href="docs/integrations/editors">Editors</a> for detailed feature list. </p> </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <h3 class="no-anchor">Reliable</h3> <p> Regardless if you're building on your own machine, or building on a CI system such as <a href="docs/integrations/build-systems/azure-pipelines">Azure Pipelines</a>, <a href="docs/integrations/build-systems/github-actions">GitHub Actions</a>, <a href="docs/integrations/build-systems/teamcity">TeamCity</a> or <a href="docs/integrations/build-systems/jenkins">Jenkins</a>, Cake is built to behave in the same way. 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