cmake-init
The missing CMake project initializer (by friendlyanon)
fastbuild
High performance build system for Windows, OSX and Linux. Supporting caching, network distribution and more. (by fastbuild)
| cmake-init | fastbuild | |
|---|---|---|
| 165 | 3 | |
| 1,993 | 1,222 | |
| - | 0.8% | |
| 7.5 | 6.7 | |
| 22 days ago | about 2 months ago | |
| CMake | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | - |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
cmake-init
Posts with mentions or reviews of cmake-init.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.
- CMake-init – The missing CMake project initializer
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CMake install schema for single- and multi-config generators
https://github.com/friendlyanon/cmake-init This is how you do CMake properly. If you deviate from its install rules you are highly likely to do something wrong.
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cgen: another declarative CMake configuration generator
CMake itself is as declarative as a build systems need to be. For anything nontrivial, these "declarative" solutions all fall apart. Just use https://github.com/friendlyanon/cmake-init, learn CMake and you won't have any issues.
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How does one actually build a C++ project
If you want something with a (mostly) Just Works experience then just use https://github.com/friendlyanon/cmake-init
- CMakeList.txt, add_executable vs. add_library vs. target_link_libraries vs. target_link_directories
- Check out my tasks.json for C++ of VScode
- Clang++ Halp
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Putting libraries in program folder
For CMake basics check out the official "Getting started" tutorial: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/guide/tutorial/index.html, as well as Introduction to Modern CMake. You can also get inspired by the CMake project generator cmake-init
- Recourses to help understand libraries/projects and setting them up?
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How to Create a Modern C Project with CMake and Conan
You can just use https://github.com/friendlyanon/cmake-init to get a CMake + Conan C project ready to go with a short little command: cmake-init --c -e -p conan coolio
fastbuild
Posts with mentions or reviews of fastbuild.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-22.
- FASTBuild: Distributed build system for Win, macOS and Linux
- Don Knuth Code Review
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What do you struggle with the most in C++?
It's not mentioned often but there's also FASTBuild. The DSL isn't that expressive, but it lives up to its names. It's like being shipped the parts for a Formula-1 car and a HOW-TO.txt.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing cmake-init and fastbuild you can also consider the following projects:
meson - The Meson Build System
w64devkit - Portable C and C++ Development Kit for x64 (and x86) Windows
cmake-init-multi-target
xmake - 🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua
tensorflow - An Open Source Machine Learning Framework for Everyone
ModernCppStarter - 🚀 Kick-start your C++! A template for modern C++ projects using CMake, CI, code coverage, clang-format, reproducible dependency management and much more.
llvm-mingw - An LLVM/Clang/LLD based mingw-w64 toolchain
dockcross - Cross compiling toolchains in Docker images
conan - Conan - The open-source C and C++ package manager
CMake-VSCode-Tutorial - Template and short tutorial on how to setup an integrated environment for VS Code and CMake (Doxygen and ClangFormat ready)