| Original author(s) | Jason Perkins |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 4.3 / 16 November 2010; 14 years ago (16 November 2010) |
| Preview release | 5.0.0-beta3 / 12 November 2024; 51 days ago (12 November 2024) |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C, Lua |
| Type | build automation tool |
| License | 3-clause BSD License |
| Website | https://premake.github.io/ |
Premake is a software development tool for generating build configuration files for platform specific build tools based on configuration files that are platform agnostic. The tool is open-source.
Features
Notable features include:
- Supports building a codebase written in C, C++, and C#
- Support for generating build configuration files for Visual Studio, GNU Make, Xcode, Code::Blocks, CodeLite, SharpDevelop, and MonoDevelop
- Can build on different environments using the same premake configuration files
Examples
The following is an example premake configuration file.
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: 0 A.D., Box2D, Bullet, GpuCV, Open Dynamics Engine, OpenJAUS, VDrift.
See also
References
- "4.3". 16 November 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- "Premake 5.0-beta3". 12 November 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- https://github.com/premake/premake-core/blob/master/LICENSE.txt. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - https://api.github.com/repos/premake/premake-core. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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- "Who Uses Premake". GitHub.
- Bullet 2.79 release
- Building project
- "Building with Premake". Archived from the original on 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
- Building OpenJAUS
External links
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