Cmake alterntives

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  • ninja

    a small build system with a focus on speed

    The build can be faster if you use Ninja instead of make. Ninja was designed for speed and to have its input files be generated by programs instead of hand-written. If a project is already just using make, simply changing the generator to Ninja cmake -G Ninja will probably result in faster builds.

  • meson

    The Meson Build System

  • WorkOS

    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.

  • xmake

    🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua

  • Bazel

    a fast, scalable, multi-language and extensible build system

    Check out https://bazel.build, an open source subset of Google's internal build system. It has been developed with dependency management in mind and can build targets from multiple languages.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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