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