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Show HN: Autark – A self-contained build system for C/C++

#1

Post by adamansky » Fri, Jul 25, 2025, 5:03 PM UTC

The Autark build system bootstraps itself directly from the project's source code, requiring only `sh` and a `C` compiler.

Show HN: Autark – A self-contained build system for C/C++
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Re: Show HN: Autark – A self-contained build system for C/C++

#2

Post by vjjbvvff » Sat, Jul 26, 2025, 5:56 AM UTC

I don't quite get it, how can it be a C++ build system, if it only requires a C Compiler as dependency?

Or is the dependency on a C compiler in addition to the build toolchain?

In that case a dependency on a C Compiler is quite strange, why not just use bash

Re: Show HN: Autark – A self-contained build system for C/C++

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Post by adamansky » Sat, Jul 26, 2025, 9:40 AM UTC

vjjbvvff wrote: post #2

I don't quite get it, how can it be a C++ build system, if it only requires a C Compiler as dependency? Or is the dependency on a C compiler in addition to the build toolchain? In that case a dependency on a C Compiler is quite strange, why not just use bash

Hi! Build system itself only requires a C Compiler as dependency to work. So if you need a to compile a C++ project, C++ compiler is good to have.

Re: Show HN: Autark – A self-contained build system for C/C++

#4

Post by BinaryIgor » Sun, Jul 27, 2025, 8:09 AM UTC

Do you have any examples how to add external dependencies? It's a problem that almost every C/C++ project solves differently, unfortunately.

Re: Show HN: Autark – A self-contained build system for C/C++

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Post by adamansky » Sun, Jul 27, 2025, 8:56 AM UTC

BinaryIgor wrote: post #4

Do you have any examples how to add external dependencies? It's a problem that almost every C/C++ project solves differently, unfortunately.

Sure! Take a look on https://github.com/Softmotions/iwnet/blob/master/Autark this project depends on iowow and fetches it from github when building.