xmake
🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua (by xmake-io)
ninja
a small build system with a focus on speed (by ninja-build)
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| xmake | ninja | |
|---|---|---|
| 163 | 51 | |
| 8,683 | 10,485 | |
| 2.3% | 1.5% | |
| 9.9 | 7.9 | |
| 7 days ago | 2 days ago | |
| Lua | C++ | |
| Apache License 2.0 | Apache License 2.0 |
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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.
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.
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
ninja
Posts with mentions or reviews of ninja.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-26.
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TypeScript's Successor is Waiting, and You'll Never Want to Turn Back
Under the hood, Rescript uses a build system called Ninja. Ninja is similar to Make, but cross-platform and more minimal/performant.
- Using Make – writing less Makefile
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Ask HN: What outdated tech are you still using and are perfectly happy with?
Really? I thought most new projects were switching to ninja[^1] and have never used it.
[^1]: https://ninja-build.org/
- What was used to build C++ programs before Cmake?
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I have spent two whole work days trying to install GLEW
warning: Starting with the September 2023 release, the default triplet for vcpkg libraries will change from x86-windows to the detected host triplet (x64-windows). To resolve this message, add --triplet x86-windows to keep the same behavior. Computing installation plan... The following packages will be built and installed: * egl-registry:x86-windows -> 2022-09-20 glew:x86-windows -> 2.2.0#3 * opengl:x86-windows -> 2022-12-04#3 * opengl-registry:x86-windows -> 2022-09-29#1 * vcpkg-cmake:x64-windows -> 2023-05-04 * vcpkg-cmake-config:x64-windows -> 2022-02-06#1 Additional packages (*) will be modified to complete this operation. Detecting compiler hash for triplet x86-windows... A suitable version of powershell-core was not found (required v7.2.11) Downloading portable powershell-core 7.2.11... Downloading powershell-core... https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.2.11/PowerShell-7.2.11-win-x86.zip->C:\vcpkg\downloads\PowerShell-7.2.11-win-x86.zip Downloading https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.2.11/PowerShell-7.2.11-win-x86.zip Extracting powershell-core... error: while detecting compiler information: The log file content at "C:\vcpkg\buildtrees\detect_compiler\stdout-x86-windows.log" is: -- Downloading https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases/download/v1.10.2/ninja-win.zip -> ninja-win-1.10.2.zip... -- Configuring x86-windows CMake Error at scripts/cmake/vcpkg_execute_required_process.cmake:112 (message): Command failed: C:/vcpkg/downloads/tools/ninja/1.10.2-windows/ninja.exe -v Working Directory: C:/vcpkg/buildtrees/detect_compiler/x86-windows-rel/vcpkg-parallel-configure Error code: 1 See logs for more information: C:\vcpkg\buildtrees\detect_compiler\config-x86-windows-rel-CMakeCache.txt.log C:\vcpkg\buildtrees\detect_compiler\config-x86-windows-out.log
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Installer script for CMake, Ninja, and Meson
I thought I would share my custom installer script for the latest GitHub versions of CMake, Ninja, and Meson.
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Building and Running Pidgin and Finch 3
Now that you have your build system all generated you can go ahead and build everything. By default Meson will use Ninja as the build tool. Ninja is similar to Make but much much faster. You can also generate additional build systems but that's outside of the scope of this post.
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Is there any way to configure my project so I can work on it on both Windows and MacOS?
There are also some other tools like https://ninja-build.org/ that you might prefer using instead
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Bitdefender blocked Explorer.exe and Ninja.exe has been quarantined
I got Ninja from https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja, latest release. I'm assuming this is a false positive?
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Just: A Command Runner
Oh excellent, then better (and more portable!) tools are available:
and, if you hate yourself: https://bazel.build
What are some alternatives?
When comparing xmake and ninja you can also consider the following projects:
meson - The Meson Build System
cmake-init - The missing CMake project initializer
SCons
conan - Conan - The open-source C and C++ package manager
Bazel - a fast, scalable, multi-language and extensible build system
imgui - Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies
Invoke - Pythonic task management & command execution.
wxWidgets - Cross-Platform C++ GUI Library
BitBake - The official bitbake Git is at https://git.openembedded.org/bitbake/. Do not open issues or file pull requests here.
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.
PyBuilder - Software build automation tool for Python.