nobpp (NoBuild c++)

Glossary

This project is a build tool(kind of) for C/C++.

This project is heavily inspired by tsoding's nob.h.

The idea is simple.

I should be able to create c++ binary with only compiler. No cmake, No make, No visual studio, No anything but compiler.

How to use it

Requirements

clang is required if you don't want to edit the nobpp source code.

Note

I chose Clang as the compiler of choice for cross-platform support, but with some modifications to the source code, it can be configured to work with GCC, MSVC, or other compilers as needed.

Using nobpp

Copy Paste the nobpp.hpp to your project.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pekochan069/nobpp/refs/heads/main/nobpp.hpp

or

curl -o nobpp.hpp https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pekochan069/nobpp/refs/heads/main/nobpp.hpp

After that, write build script for your project.

// build.cpp or nobpp.cpp or whatever.cpp
#include "nobpp.hpp"

int main()
{
    nobpp::CommandBuilder builder = nobpp::CommandBuilder();

    builder.set_language(nobpp::Language::cpp)
        .set_target_os(nobpp::TargetOS::windows)
        .set_optimization_level(nobpp::OptimizationLevel::o3)
        .add_options({"-ffast-math"})
        .add_file("./test.cpp")
        .add_build_dir("./bin")
        .set_output("test")
        .run();
}

Compile nobpp

nobpp requires clang version which support c++14 or higher.

clang++ -std=c++14 -O3 build.cpp -o build.exe # On Windows
clang++ -std=c++14 -O3 build.cpp -o build     # On Linux

After compilation, you can just run the executable and your project will be compiled.

support

Platform

• Windows
• Linux

Output Type

• Executable
• Static Library
• Dynamic Library

Features

• Command Queue
• Task