Premake
Premake is an open-source software development utility for automatically building configuration from source code.
| Original author(s) | Jason Perkins |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 4.3[1]
/ November 16, 2010 |
| Preview release | 5.0-alpha14[2]
/ May 5, 2019 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C, Lua |
| Type | build automation tool |
| License | New BSD License |
| Website | premake |
Features
Some of Premake's features are:[3]
- It supports the C, C++, and C# programming languages.
- Its syntax is simple.
- It can generate automatic build files for Visual Studio, GNU Make, Xcode, Code::Blocks, CodeLite, SharpDevelop, and MonoDevelop.
- Using just one configuration set of files, different systems can be built.
Sample script
The following is an example Premake script for a simple software project.
solution "MySolution"
configurations { "Debug", "Release" }
project "MyProject"
kind "ConsoleApp"
language "C++"
includedirs { "include" }
files { "src/**.h", "src/**.cpp" }
configuration "Debug"
symbols "On"
defines { "_DEBUG" }
configuration "Release"
flags { "Optimize" }
defines { "NDEBUG" }
Notable uses
Projects that use Premake include:[4]
References
External links
- Official website
- Premake on SourceForge.net
- Premake on GitHub
- Premake at Open Hub
- "Premake". Freecode.
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