Top 8 C++ Build Tool Projects

Bear

50 4,422 5.4 C++

Bear is a tool that generates a compilation database for clang tooling.

Project mention: emacs lsp-mode with MPLAB X project | /r/emacs | 2023-11-30

Have you tried Bear? I used it for several projects and overall it works very well.

nsis

3 596 6.2 C++

***This is just a mirror of https://sf.net/projects/nsis -- please report issues there*** NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore very suitable for internet distribution.
WorkOS

workos.com sponsored

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
hxcpp

4 286 6.5 C++

Runtime files for c++ backend for haxe

Project mention: Ask HN: Does anyone here use Haxe? | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-12-17

I used it on conjunction with OpenFL a few months ago to port a Flash project. My impression is Haxe itself is a pretty solid as a language but I could only get the web-based target to work consistently. The C++ backend seems dead based on the repo activity[1] and I got GC-related crashes with no workaround. I could never get the native Android support working either since it crashed on startup.
Also OpenFL was missing some Flash features the project relied on and I had to spend a lot of time on a fork of their repos patching them in.
[1] https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/hxcpp/graphs/contributors

Beast

5 111 0.0 C++

A build system built for speed and power (by GauravDawra)
LLVM-Guide

2 111 4.7 C++

LLVM (Low Level Virtual Machine) Guide. Learn all about the compiler infrastructure, which is designed for compile-time, link-time, run-time, and "idle-time" optimization of programs. Originally implemented for C/C++ , though, has a variety of front-ends, including Java, Python, etc.
b2

2 72 9.1 C++

B2 makes it easy to build C++ projects, everywhere. (by bfgroup)
cpps

1 34 3.6 C++

Pseudo Interpreter for C++ Script / C++ Project Build System Engine with Zero Makefiles / Supporting GCC, MinGW, Visual C++, Clang
InfluxDB

www.influxdata.com sponsored

Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
forge

1 16 6.6 C++

Lua scriptable build tool (by cwbaker)

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).