kmake

kmake is a build tool with live rebuild support for c++ projects.

Features

generate project files for different IDE's/build systems
kmake.yml file based configuration
command line config support
file watcher with live rebuild
- add/edit/delete files and kmake will add the files to the project and compiles again
export to directory/zip/tar/tar.gz/...
assets support
download assets and libs
hooks support
icon generation

Supported IDE'S / build systems

Visual Studio 2019+
XCode
Makefile (GCC, Clang, MinGW)

Requrements

node.js >=14.14.0
Windows:
- Visual Studio 2019+
- or MinGW (add it to your env-path)
Mac:
- Xcode or Clang
Linux:
- gcc
  - sudo apt-get install gcc g++ make

SDL Exmaple

sudo apt install cmake libxext-dev

Vulkan Example

sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt install cmake libxrandr-dev libxinerama-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev

Installation

npm i -g kmake (currently not available on npm - will be added in the future)

Run

kmake your_kmake.yml your_project_template output_dir

Dev

npm run dev-mac (Xcode - Intel and Apple Silicon)
npm run dev-vs (Visual Studio 2019+)
npm run dev-mk (Makefile - GCC, Clang, MinGW)

Plaftorm settings

see examples/full/kmake.yml as a full example

Tips and tricks

define strings via command line
- kmake --define TEST_DEFINE=\"test\"
makefile: building for archs which are not on your system.
- use: install: gcc-multilib and g++-multilib
- on debian/ubuntu use: sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib g++-multilib
Inspect executable
- on Mac: otool -l BINARY
- on Linux: ldd BINARY
create synlink to kmake.js
- sudo ln -s PATH_TO_KMAKE/kmake.js /usr/local/bin/kmake