CxxWrap.jl VS Clang.jl

Compare CxxWrap.jl vs Clang.jl and see what are their differences.

CxxWrap.jl

Package to make C++ libraries available in Julia (by JuliaInterop)

Clang.jl

C binding generator and Julia interface to libclang (by JuliaInterop)
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CxxWrap.jl Clang.jl
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408 217
1.7% 0.9%
8.1 7.8
5 days ago 4 days ago
Julia Julia
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later MIT License
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CxxWrap.jl

Posts with mentions or reviews of CxxWrap.jl. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-12.
  • jluna: a new Julia <-> C++ Wrapper
    4 projects | /r/cpp | 12 Mar 2022
    Kudos for your work. AFAIK, the recommended C++ interop for Julia is CxxWrap https://github.com/JuliaInterop/CxxWrap.jl. Could you provide the main advantages of using jluna vs. CxxWrap?
  • A new C++ <-> Julia Wrapper: jluna
    4 projects | /r/Julia | 5 Feb 2022
    If you are interested in C++ interop you can also have a look at Clang.jl and CxxWrap.jl (the usual Julia package chaos applies, where the package mentioned in old talks and docs that you find on google is superseded by some others...)
  • Can I expose C/C++ Functions to Julia?
    1 project | /r/Julia | 17 May 2021
    You could try https://github.com/JuliaInterop/CxxWrap.jl
  • Anyone using Julia for physics?
    2 projects | /r/Julia | 10 Apr 2021
    I like about Julia that it is so easy to call packages from other languages. CxxWrap.jl for easy access of C++ libraries. I often use python libraries inside my Julia code.

Clang.jl

Posts with mentions or reviews of Clang.jl. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-27.
  • Julia 1.10 Released
    15 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Dec 2023
    Are there solid C interfaces that can be used?

    A large part of why I started using Julia is because calling into other languages through the C FFI is pretty easy and efficient. Most of the wrappers are a single line. If there is not existing driver support, I would pass the C headers through Clang.jl, which automatically wraps the C API in a C header.

    https://github.com/JuliaInterop/Clang.jl

    I most recently did this with libtiff. Here is the Clang.jl code to generate the bindings. It's less than 30 lines of sterotypical code.

    https://github.com/mkitti/LibTIFF.jl/tree/main/gen

    The generated bindings with a few tweaks is here:

    https://github.com/mkitti/LibTIFF.jl/blob/main/src/LibTIFF.j...

  • A new C++ <-> Julia Wrapper: jluna
    4 projects | /r/Julia | 5 Feb 2022
    If you are interested in C++ interop you can also have a look at Clang.jl and CxxWrap.jl (the usual Julia package chaos applies, where the package mentioned in old talks and docs that you find on google is superseded by some others...)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing CxxWrap.jl and Clang.jl you can also consider the following projects:

LatticeQCD.jl - A native Julia code for lattice QCD with dynamical fermions in 4 dimension.

jluna - Julia Wrapper for C++ with Focus on Safety, Elegance, and Ease of Use

sol2 - Sol3 (sol2 v3.0) - a C++ <-> Lua API wrapper with advanced features and top notch performance - is here, and it's great! Documentation:

Lux.jl - Explicitly Parameterized Neural Networks in Julia

Torch.jl - Sensible extensions for exposing torch in Julia.

julia - The Julia Programming Language

LibTIFF.jl - Clang.jl generated wrapper around Libtiff_jll.jl

threads - Threads for Lua and LuaJIT. Transparent exchange of data between threads is allowed thanks to torch serialization.