awesome-cmake

Web Book

CGold: The Hitchhiker’s to the CMake

Modern CMake

Modern CMake and samples by the creator of

Modern CMake tutorials part1: CMake basics

Easily supporting CMake install and find_package()

Easy dependency management for C++ with CMake and Git

Opt-in header-only libraries with CMake

Ultimate Guide to Modern CMake

A list of common CMake antipatterns (from 2013 but still relevant)

How to Build a CMake-Based Project

Learn CMake's Scripting Language in 15 Minutes

The architecture of CMake

Effective CMake - by Daniel Pfeifer, C++Now 2017

Building Cross-Platform CUDA Applications with CMake

Tutorial

A step-by-step guide for understanding CMake

Embracing Modern CMake - by Stephen Kelly

Modern CMake for Modular Design - by Mathieu Ropert, CppCon 2017

It's Time To Do CMake Right (one of the best articles about CMake)

Introduction to CMake - by Florent Castelli, C++ Sweden 2018

Some nice and accurate CMake tips

Modern CMake for Library Developers

Effective Modern CMake: a great summary of most good practices - by Manuel Binna

Professional CMake: A Practical Guide (paid)

Effective CMake: Practical Advice to Write Better CMake (not fully written yet)

An Introduction to Modern CMake

How to CMake Good

More Modern CMake ( )- by Deniz Bahadir, Meeting C++ 2018

Oh No! More Modern CMake ( )- by Deniz Bahadir, Meeting C++ 2019

Modifying the default CMake build types/flags, toolchains and patches - Oh my! - by Cristian Adam

Tutorial

Tutorial and Example on How to Properly Use Modern CMake

hunter

Cross-platform package manager for C++ (based on CMake ExternalProject)

cget

CMake package retrieval. This can be used to download and install CMake packages

C++ Archive Network - C++ Package Manager based on CMake, implemented in C++14

cpm

C++ Package Manager based on CMake and Git

conan

Conan C++ Package Manager, implemented in Python and has a CMake integration backend

fips

High-level build system/dependency management for distributed, multi-platform C/C++ projects

Ninja

Build system that differs from others in two major respects: it is designed to have its input files generated by a higher-level build system (like CMake), and it is designed to run builds as fast as possible

vcpkg

A tool to acquire and build C++ open source libraries. Uses CMake internally as a build script language

pmm

PMM is a module for CMake that manages... package managers

cpm

A setup-free CMake + git dependency manager

cmake-modules

's collection of CMake modules. There are a number of find modules, especially for virtual reality and physical simulation, some utility modules, and some patches or workarounds for CMake itself

cmake-modules

This is a collection of additional CMake modules. Most of them are from Ryan Pavlik

CMake

's common CMake modules

cmake-modules

CMake modules for some scientific libraries

cgcmake

CMake modules for common applications related to computer graphics

FindMathematica

CMake module for Mathematica

extra-cmake-modules

's extra modules and scripts for CMake

FindICU.cmake

CMake module to find International Components for Unicode (ICU) Library

FindTBB

CMake find module for Intel Threading Building Blocks

FindWiX

CMake module for building packages with

FindIDL

CMake module for building files with MIDL and generating CLR DLL using

cmake-modules

's CMake module collection

YCM

Extra CMake Modules for and friends

CMakeCM

CMake Community Modules

Metabench

CMake module for compile-time microbenchmarks

's library of CMake modules and toolchains

cotire

Cotire (compile time reducer) is a CMake module that speeds up the build process of CMake based build systems by fully automating techniques as precompiled headers and unity builds for C and C++

ucm

For managing compiler/linker flags, collecting sources, precompiled headers, unity builds and others

cmakepp

Enhancement Suite for the CMake Build System

sugar

CMake tools and examples: collecting source files, warnings suppression, etc

DownloadProject

CMake module for downloading an external project's source at configure time

buildem

Modular CMake-based system that leverages ExternalProject to simplify builds

coveralls-cmake

Coveralls JSON coverage generator and uploader for CMake

compatibility

Improved version of cmake-compile-features

cmake-modules

LibFindMacros development repository and other cool CMake stuff

GreatCMakeCookOff

This is a repository of useful and less than useful CMake recipes

cppcheck-target-cmake

Per-target CPPCheck for CMake

clang-tidy-target-cmake

Add clang-tidy checks to a target using CMake

cmake-unit

Unit testing framework for CMake

cmake-header-language

CMake macro to determine the language of a header file

tooling-cmake-util

Utility and common library for all polysquare CMake tools

iwyu-target-cmake

CMake integration for include-what-you-use

sanitizers-cmake

CMake module to enable sanitizers for binary targets

cmake-precompiled-header

Visual Studio and GCC precompiled header macro

CMakePCHCompiler

CMake precompiled headers via custom compiler extension - with reuse support!

CMake-codecov

Enables code coverage and generates coverage reports with CMake targets

cmake-get

Get dependencies in config or script mode

ixm

Make CMake less painful when trying to write Modern Flexible CMake

Flexible development environments for CMake projects with external dependencies

dockcross

Cross compiling toolchains in Docker images

android-cmake

CMake toolchain file and other scripts for the Android NDK

ios-cmake

Toolchain file and examples using CMake for iOS development

qt-android-cmake

For building and deploying Qt based apps on Android without QtCreator

CMake-based MinGW-w64 Cross Toolchain - to build Windows binaries of mpv

cmake-avr

CMake toolchain for AVR

arduino-cmake

This is the CMake project settings for the Arduino platform

polly

Collection of CMake toolchain files and scripts for cross-platform build and CI testing

toolchains

For cross-compiling with CMake. They are meant to be mainly used on ArchLinux

cmake

Collection of CMake toolchain files, mostly for static linking

Arduino-CMake-Toolchain

CMake toolchain for all official and 3rd party Arduino platforms

cmake-init

Template for reliable, cross-platform C++ project setup using CMake

android-cmake

Examples of using package manager for an Android application

hunter-simple

Example of downloading/installing dependencies using package manager

package-example

Config mode of find_package (examples for Stack Overflow question)

minimal_cmake_example

Minimal CMake example, that covers dependencies and packaging

cmake-example

Example project which demonstrates various CMake features

cmake-examples

Useful CMake examples in a tutorial format

mini-cmake-qt

Minimal CMake template for Qt 5 projects

BASIS

CMake makes it easy to create sharable software and libraries that work together

cpp-boilerplate

Template that aims to be a reference for modern CMake and CI

how-to-export-cpp-library

An OS-agnostic template project for exporting either shared, static or header-only C++ library, sporting ctest and CI support, written in plain CMake with line-by-line tutorial comments

modern-cmake-sample

Best practices and proper usage of CMake by using targets

CMakeInstallExample

Installation example for a C++ project (Windows) with Cmake

cpp14-project-template

A C++14 template with CI, tests, code coverage, docs and static analysis integration

cmake_templates

Templates for creating C++ libraries and executables (including conan)

cmake_snippets

Short copy-pasteable CMake snippets

cmake-cookbook

A huge CMake cookbook full of recipes

cpp-template

A template C++ repository, using CMake and Catch

pitchfork

A set of conventions for native C and C++ projects

cmake-examples

A collection of as simple as possible, modern CMake projects

cpp-project

Boiler plate for C++ projects - tests, CI, coverage, docs

ModernCppStarter

A template for modern C++ projects using CMake, CI, code coverage, clang-format, reproducible dependency management, tests using and much more

SeeMake

A feature-packed, ready-to-use CMake template with testing, static and dynamic checks, coverage reports, and more

autocmake

Using a autocmake.yml file composes CMake building blocks into a CMake project and generates CMakeLists.txt as well as a setup script, which serves as a front-end to CMakeLists.txt

Collection of CMake macros to simplify building LaTeX files

scikit-build

Improved build system generator for CPython C extensions

node-cmake

CMake-based build system for node.js native modules

cmake-font-lock

Advanced syntax coloring support for CMake scripts inside Emacs

autovala

Program that automatically generates CMake configuration files for your Vala project

catkin

CMake-based build system that is used to build all packages in Robot Operating System (ROS)

suitesparse-metis-for-windows

CMake scripts for painless usage of SuiteSparse+METIS

osg-3rdparty-cmake

CMake scripts for building OpenSceneGraph third party libraries

cmake-d

CMake for D2

cmakeprojectmanager2

Enhanced CMake Project Manager plugin for Qt Creator

cmake-lint

Check for coding style issues in CMake files. cmakelint requires Python

git-cmake-format

Integrate clang-format into your CMake project hosted in a git repository

configure-cmake

configure-cmake is an autotools-style configure script for CMake-based projects

cmake-ast

Python module to reduce a CMake file to an AST

cmake-checks-cache

CMake checks cache helper modules

cmake_check

Static analysis (linter) for the CMake language (e.g. to enforce modern CMake rules)

cmake-language-server

CMake Language Server Protocol Implementation

cmake-maven-plugin

CMake integration for Maven builds

version-from-git

Bake git information into your binary