ACMake

Advanced CMake - A command-line tool to manage CMake projects, almost like Rust's cargo!

Geting started

Install acmake using cargo:

cargo install acmake

Creating new projects

Create a new CMake C++ binary project:

acmake new -l c++ my-new-project

This will create the following tree structure:

├── my-new-project
│   ├── CMakeLists.txt
│   └── main.cpp

If you want to customize the root folder name, pass the -f flag:

acmake new -l c++ -f our-new-project my-new-project

And the output will be:

├── our-new-project
│   ├── CMakeLists.txt
│   └── main.cpp

Note: the -f flag only affects the folder name. The project name inside CMakeLists is the last argument passed to acmake. In this example, it will be my-new-project.

Program parameters

Language

The -l flag specifies the language. You can create a C++ project using any of the following language flags: -l c++, -l cpp, -l cxx. To create a C project, use -l c.

Language standard version

By default, ACMake generates C++17 and C11 projects. In order to specify the language standard, append a colon to the passed -l language, followed by the standard version. For example, the following command creates a C++23 project:

acmake new -l cpp:23 my-new-project