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 a productivity boost when developing and building projects.
If you want to know more, please refer to:
Installation
via curl
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xmake-io/xmake/master/scripts/get.sh)via wget
bash <(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xmake-io/xmake/master/scripts/get.sh -O -)via powershell
Invoke-Expression (Invoke-Webrequest 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xmake-io/xmake/master/scripts/get.ps1' -UseBasicParsing).ContentSimple description
Package dependences
An official xmake package repository: xmake-repo
Build project
Run target
Debug target
Configure platform
$ xmake f -p [windows|linux|macosx|android|iphoneos ..] -a [x86|arm64 ..] -m [debug|release] $ xmake
Menu configuration
Package management
Supported platforms
- Windows (x86, x64)
- macOS (i386, x86_64)
- Linux (i386, x86_64, cross-toolchains ...)
- Android (armv5te, armv6, armv7-a, armv8-a, arm64-v8a)
- iOS (armv7, armv7s, arm64, i386, x86_64)
- WatchOS (armv7k, i386)
- MinGW (i386, x86_64)
Supported Languages
- C
- C++
- Objective-C and Objective-C++
- Swift
- Assembly
- Golang
- Rust
- Dlang
- Cuda
Supported Projects
- Static Library
- Shared Library
- Console
- Cuda Program
- Qt Application
- WDK Driver (umdf/kmdf/wdm)
- WinSDK Application
- MFC Application
Builtin Plugins
Generate IDE project file plugin(makefile, vs2002 - vs2019 .. )
$ xmake project -k vs2017 -m "debug,release"
$ xmake project -k cmakelists
$ xmake project -k compile_commandsMacros 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 gccGenerate doxygen document plugin
More Plugins
Please download and install from the plugins repository xmake-plugins.
IDE/Editor Integration
More Examples
Debug and release modes:
add_rules("mode.debug", "mode.release") target("console") set_kind("binary") add_files("src/*.c") if is_mode("debug") then add_defines("DEBUG") end
Download and use packages in xmake-repo:
add_requires("libuv master", "ffmpeg", "zlib 1.20.*") add_requires("tbox >1.6.1", {optional = true, debug = true}) target("test") set_kind("shared") add_files("src/*.c") add_packages("libuv", "ffmpeg", "tbox", "zlib")
Download and use packages in third-party package manager:
add_requires("brew::pcre2/libpcre2-8", {alias = "pcre2"}) add_requires("conan::OpenSSL/1.0.2n@conan/stable", {alias = "openssl"}) target("test") set_kind("shared") add_files("src/*.c") add_packages("pcre2", "openssl")
Find and use local packages:
target("test") set_kind("shared") add_files("src/*.c") on_load(function (target) target:add(find_packages("zlib", "openssl", "brew::pcre2/libpcre2-8", "conan::OpenSSL/1.0.2n@conan/stable")) 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
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