fastbuild
High performance build system for Windows, OSX and Linux. Supporting caching, network distribution and more. (by fastbuild)
xmake
🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua (by xmake-io)
fastbuild | xmake | |
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2 | 163 | |
1,169 | 8,819 | |
1.0% | 2.6% | |
8.3 | 10.0 | |
13 days ago | 5 days ago | |
C++ | Lua | |
- | Apache License 2.0 |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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.
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.
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.
- 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.
xmake
Posts with mentions or reviews of xmake.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-31.
- Cpp2 and cppfront – An experimental 'C++ syntax 2' and its first compiler
- An Introduction to Modern CMake
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How to Structure C Projects: These Best Practices Worked for Me
In recent times I prefer Xmake[0] to CMake.
[0] https://xmake.io
- xmake: Fast and lightweight build tools with dependency package integration
- Xmake v2.8.5 released, Support for link sorting and unit testing
- Xmake v2.8.3 Released, Improve Wasm and Support Xmake Source Debugging
- Xmake v2.8.2 Released, Official package repository count over 1k
- Xmake v2.8.1 Released, Lots of Detailed Feature Improvements
What are some alternatives?
When comparing fastbuild and xmake you can also consider the following projects:
cmake-init - The missing CMake project initializer
meson - The Meson Build System
cmake-init-multi-target
conan - Conan - The open-source C and C++ package manager
tensorflow - An Open Source Machine Learning Framework for Everyone
imgui - Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies
ninja - a small build system with a focus on speed
wxWidgets - Cross-Platform C++ GUI Library
xtd - Free open-source modern C++17 / C++20 framework to create console, GUI (forms like WinForms) and unit test applications and libraries on Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS and Linux.
sciter - Sciter: the Embeddable HTML/CSS/JS engine for modern UI development