Xmake
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Jan 28, 2026first mention
Apr 9, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“The least painful C/C++ build tool I've used is xmake”
“I use them in new projects using XMake and it just works.”
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“It also supports this syntax.”
“I use it for personal projects and I find it substantially easier to mess around with compiling shaders”
“It can generate a Visual Studio project, then use the xmake CLI to integrate and compile the project”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Threads where it came up
Also written as xmake, XMake. Data: xmake.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 9
“The least painful C/C++ build tool I've used is xmake”
“I use them in new projects using XMake and it just works.”
“It also supports this syntax.”
“the API seems to be less flexible/rich than CMake's”
“It supports this syntax.”
“I use it for personal projects and I find it substantially easier to mess around with compiling shaders”
“It can generate a Visual Studio project, then use the xmake CLI to integrate and compile the project”
“it has a feature to output such files”
“Then you are already using XMake, it's the original codename for MSBuild”