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cmkr vs Premake: catalog facts
cmkrPremake
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Free

Free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence.

Windows, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Simple TOML project files instead of hand-written CMake
  • Generates readable, idiomatic CMakeLists.txt
  • One script generates project files for many toolsets
  • Readable Lua-based syntax
  • Still depends on CMake underneath
  • Only covers C and C++ projects built with CMake
  • Generates project files rather than building directly
  • Smaller ecosystem than CMake
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: BSD-3-Clause
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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