Warning: STILL IN PROGRESS AND CODE CAN CHANGE AT ANY TIME!
Forget CMake. Forget Bazel. Forget the bloated corporate trash that enslaves your soul.
Root is the nuclear option in build systems. Designed to burn down the empire of complexity and spit in the face of those massive, convoluted beasts masquerading as tools.
If you want a build system that doesn’t choke on dependencies, that compiles your C and C++ projects with the blazing thought of a thousand suns — and looks you dead in the eye while doing it — then Root is your salvation.
- A single-header, zero-dependency, no-bullshit build system.
- Written in pure C (and usable in C++) because why complicate what doesn’t need it?
- Parallel compilation? Not yet.
- Incremental builds? Naturally.
- Precompiled headers? If you want ‘em.
- Designed to be ultra minimal, and utterly unstoppable.
Root says NO.
Root is the TempleOS of build systems. It’s raw, it’s brutal, it’s pure code mysticism.
Drop root.h in your project. Include it. Define your compiler and flags. Point it to your source directory. Call root_build("my_executable"). Done.
#define ROOT_COMPILER_C "gcc"
#define ROOT_COMPILER_CXX "g++"
#define ROOT_C_FLAGS "-Wall -O2 -g -DDEBUG"
#define ROOT_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -O2 -g -DDEBUG"
#define ROOT_SRC_DIR "."
#define ROOT_INC_DIR "."
#include "root.h"
int main() {
root_build("my_executable");
return 0;
}