How is this different than premake? What does it do better?

[Techcable]

Hi! I'm super interested in this for my C projects. It seems very similar to premake just possibly with a slightly wider scope?

What are the advantages compared to say premake (or some other modern build-system like meson)?

The main alternatives seem to be:

• Meson
• Premake - Seems very similar, also lua-based.

Thanks for your time! 😄

[waruqi]

premake is only a project generator, but xmake is Build backend + Project Generator + Package Manager.

The project generator is just an optional plug-in feature in xmake, it also has many more powerful features, such as package management.

xmake == make/ninja + cmake/premake/meson + vcpkg/conan/conda....

And it has no any dependences, it is very lightweight.

[Techcable]

Alright. I think that makes sense 😄