Premake

Premake
Original author(s)Jason Perkins
Stable release
4.3[1] / 16 November 2010 (16 November 2010)
Preview release
5.0.0-beta4[2] / 30 December 2024 (30 December 2024)
Repository
Written inC, Lua
Typebuild automation tool
License3-clause BSD License[3]
Websitepremake.github.io Edit this on Wikidata

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:[4]

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., Bullet, Open Dynamics Engine, VDrift, and wxFormBuilder,[5]

References

  1. ^ "4.3". 16 November 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Premake 5.0-beta4". 30 December 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  3. ^ "premake-core/LICENSE.txt". Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  4. ^ "What is Premake?". premake.github.io. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  5. ^ "Showcase". premake.github.io. Retrieved 2025-01-29.