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🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua

Language: Lua

#2 in Docker

#4 in Maven

#43 in C

#22 in C++

#87 in Linux

#10 in Lua

#6 in Swift

#7 in npm

Everything you never wanted to know about CMake (redux) | Jun 2023

we can also try xmake. https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake

Xmake can be used to directly build source code (like with Make or Ninja), or it can generate project source files like CMake or Meson. It also has a built-in package management system to help users integrate C/C++ dependencies.

A History of Lua (2001) | Aug 2022

Apart from c, lua is my favourite language. c + lua is the perfect combination and I have developed a lua-based build system using them. https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats facing the GNU Autotools | May 2022

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you can also try xmake. It use lua, not DSL.

https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake

Qb – Zero-configuration build system to quickly build C/C++ projects | May 2022

We can also try https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake

Proposal to add build graph output to GNU Make (2020) | Jan 2022

xmake can also easily write some lua scripts to dump the build dependency graph https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake

The Rise of Meson | Sep 2021

I prefer [XMake][1]. From my experience XMake > Meson > CMake.

[1]: https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake

Please – A cross-language build system | Nov 2020

I prefer xmake

https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake