blink VS jet-live

Compare blink vs jet-live and see what are their differences.

blink

A tool which allows you to edit source code of any MSVC C++ project live at runtime (by crosire)
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blink jet-live
1 3
1,032 400
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5.2 1.8
5 months ago over 2 years ago
C++ C++
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License MIT License
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blink

Posts with mentions or reviews of blink. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-10.
  • A Modern C Development Environment
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Aug 2023
    > 9. The debugger can modify a variable while the program is running.

    > 11. The debugger can modify a function while the program is running (any new calls are done to that function).

    Another words: hot code reloading / swapping [1].

    And I would add:

    > You record a failure once, then debug the recording, deterministically, as many times as you want. The same execution is replayed every time. [2]

    [1] e.g. https://github.com/ddovod/jet-live, https://github.com/crosire/blink, https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/68

jet-live

Posts with mentions or reviews of jet-live. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-10.
  • A Modern C Development Environment
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Aug 2023
    > 9. The debugger can modify a variable while the program is running.

    > 11. The debugger can modify a function while the program is running (any new calls are done to that function).

    Another words: hot code reloading / swapping [1].

    And I would add:

    > You record a failure once, then debug the recording, deterministically, as many times as you want. The same execution is replayed every time. [2]

    [1] e.g. https://github.com/ddovod/jet-live, https://github.com/crosire/blink, https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/68

  • Bringing a dynamic environment to C: My linker project
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Oct 2022
  • CTwik : General Purpose Hot Patcher For C++
    1 project | /r/cpp | 23 Apr 2022
    Not OP, but based on the article it seems like it's Linux only, so more comparable to jet-live than live++ or blink.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing blink and jet-live you can also consider the following projects:

RuntimeCompiledCPlusPlus - Change C++ code at runtime

tinycc - Unofficial mirror of mob development branch

rr - Record and Replay Framework

mold - Mold: A Modern Linker 🦠

zig - General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.

Bonzomatic - Live shader coding tool and Shader Showdown workhorse

Bazel - a fast, scalable, multi-language and extensible build system