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xmake

A cross-platform build utility based on Lua

Introduction (中文)

xmake is a cross-platform build utility based on lua.

The project focuses on making development and building easier and provides many features (.e.g package, install, plugin, macro, action, option, task …), so that any developer can quickly pick it up and enjoy the productivity boost when developing and building project.

If you want to known more, please refer to:

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                         by ruki, tboox.org

Installation

via curl

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tboox/xmake/master/scripts/get.sh)

via wget

bash <(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tboox/xmake/master/scripts/get.sh -O -)

via powershell

Invoke-Expression (Invoke-Webrequest 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tboox/xmake/master/scripts/get.ps1' -UseBasicParsing).Content

Simple description

Package dependences

An official xmake package repository: xmake-repo

Build project

$ xmake

Run target

$ xmake run console

Debug target

$ xmake run -d console

Configure platform

$ xmake f -p [windows|linux|macosx|android|iphoneos ..] -a [x86|arm64 ..] -m [debug|release]
$ xmake

$ xmake f --menu

Package management

Support platforms

Windows (x86, x64)
Macosx (i386, x86_64)
Linux (i386, x86_64, cross-toolchains …)
Android (armv5te, armv6, armv7-a, armv8-a, arm64-v8a)
iPhoneOS (armv7, armv7s, arm64, i386, x86_64)
WatchOS (armv7k, i386)
Mingw (i386, x86_64)

Support Languages

C/C++
Objc/Objc++
Swift
Assembly
Golang
Rust
Dlang
Cuda

Support Projects

Static Library
Shared Library
Console
Cuda Program
Qt Application
WDK Driver (umdf/kmdf/wdm)
WinSDK Application

Builtin Plugins

Macros script plugin

$ xmake m -b                        # start to record
$ xmake f -p iphoneos -m debug
$ xmake 
$ xmake f -p android --ndk=~/files/android-ndk-r16b
$ xmake
$ xmake m -e                        # stop to record
$ xmake m .                         # playback commands

Run the custom lua script plugin

$ xmake l ./test.lua
$ xmake l -c "print('hello xmake!')"
$ xmake l lib.detect.find_tool gcc

Generate IDE project file plugin（makefile, vs2002 - vs2017 .. ）

$ xmake project -k vs2017 -m "debug,release"

Generate doxygen document plugin

$ xmake doxygen [srcdir]

More Plugins

Please download and install from the plugins repository xmake-plugins.

IDE/Editor Integration

xmake-vscode

xmake-sublime

xmake-idea

xmake.vim (third-party, thanks @luzhlon)

More Examples

Debug and release modes:

add_rules("mode.debug", "mode.release")

target("console")
    set_kind("binary")
    add_files("src/*.c") 
    if is_plat("windows", "mingw") then
        add_defines("XXX")
    end

Custom script:

target("test")
    set_kind("static")
    add_files("src/*.cpp")
    after_build(function (target)
        print("build %s ok!", target:targetfile())
    end)

Extension Modules:

target("test")
    set_kind("shared")
    add_files("src/*.c")
    on_load(function (target)
        import("lib.detect.find_package")
        target:add(find_package("zlib"))
    end)

Project Examples

Some projects using xmake:

Example Video

Contacts

Email：waruqi@gmail.com
Homepage：tboox.org
Community：/r/tboox on reddit
ChatRoom：Char on telegram, Chat on gitter
Source Code：Github, Gitee

Thanks

This project exists thanks to all the people who have contributed:

TitanSnow: provide the xmake logo and install scripts
uael: provide the semantic versioning library sv

Backers

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