premake-core
xmake
| premake-core | xmake | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 166 | |
| 3,066 | 9,062 | |
| 0.9% | 5.2% | |
| 7.4 | 10.0 | |
| 9 days ago | 3 days ago | |
| C | Lua | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | Apache License 2.0 |
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premake-core
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After more than 30 years, why is there is no standardized package manager for c/c++ projects to avoid build systems hell.
Premake honestly doesn't suck, and is so extendable that you can add vcpkg support to it and finally forget about CMake.
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C Deep
Premake - Command-line utility which reads a scripted definition of a software project and uses it to generate project files for Visual Studio and GNU Make. Other targets are also being worked on. BSD-3-Clause
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GTA III and Vice City fully reverse engineered: re3
premake is something like cmake. The sources are at https://github.com/premake/premake-core.
The binaries in the repo are from their github actions builds, from whenever I last updated the premake binaries in re3: https://github.com/GTAmodding/re3/pull/945
xmake
- Xmake: A modern C/C++ build tool
- 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
What are some alternatives?
GLFW - A multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, window and input
meson - The Meson Build System
ZLib - A massively spiffy yet delicately unobtrusive compression library.
cmake-init - The missing CMake project initializer
OpenSSL - TLS/SSL and crypto library
conan - Conan - The open-source C and C++ package manager
re3 - GTA III, Vice City [UnavailableForLegalReasons - Repository access blocked]
imgui - Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies
rspamd - Rapid spam filtering system.
ninja - a small build system with a focus on speed
libvips - A fast image processing library with low memory needs.
wxWidgets - Cross-Platform C++ GUI Library