rules_cc VS rules_apple

Compare rules_cc vs rules_apple and see what are their differences.

rules_apple

Bazel rules to build apps for Apple platforms. (by bazelbuild)
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rules_cc rules_apple
2 1
161 474
1.9% 2.5%
6.1 9.5
7 days ago 7 days ago
Starlark Starlark
Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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rules_cc

Posts with mentions or reviews of rules_cc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-19.
  • What's New in Bazel 6.0
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Dec 2022
    Not that I'd recommend it, but if you symlink your system library into the bazel build area, as long as your sandboxing setup don't hose you (or you just turn it off), bazel will track system tools/library in the same way as everything else.

    Bazel's rules_cc even has a system_library.bzl you can import a `system_library` from that automates this for you. https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/blob/main/cc/system_l...

    I'd still recommend building everything from scratch (and understanding the relationships and graph of your dependencies), but if your build isn't that complicated and you want to role the dice on UB, this isn't that hard.

    As an aside, the most galling part of bazel's cache key calculations has to be that it's up to the individual rules to implement this how they see fit. The rules native to bazel written in java vary wildly compared to starlark-written rules. On thing you (or someone in your org) end up becoming pretty comfortable with while using bazel in anger is RTFC.

  • [Windows] Resource .rc file compilation?
    2 projects | /r/bazel | 16 Sep 2022
    I found several associated issues and a closed PR that supposedly solved this issue. However, it seems that cc_rules has undergone several changes and this PR likely wouldn't function.

rules_apple

Posts with mentions or reviews of rules_apple. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-17.
  • A Comprehensive guide to build a cross-platform application by Bazel
    8 projects | dev.to | 17 Nov 2022
    git_repository( name = "build_bazel_rules_apple", remote = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_apple.git", tag = "1.1.3", ) git_repository( name = "build_bazel_rules_swift", remote = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_swift.git", tag = "1.2.0", ) load("@build_bazel_rules_swift//swift:repositories.bzl", "swift_rules_dependencies") swift_rules_dependencies()

What are some alternatives?

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rules_nodejs - NodeJS toolchain for Bazel.

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bazel_static_dynamic_c_demo - Internet Points

rules_android - Android rules for Bazel

rules_docker - Rules for building and handling Docker images with Bazel

rules_apko - Bazel rules for apko

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rules_graalvm - Build GraalVM native binaries with Bazel

bazel-central-registry - The central registry of Bazel modules for the Bzlmod external dependency system.

rules_r - R rules for Bazel