Seastar
Seastar is a fast, extensible build system for C, C++, and maybe soon, Rust and Zig as well. I believe that it should be easy to make, prototype, and iterate upon designs. While C is still one of our most widely used languages, it makes it hard to create programs easily, especially for beginners. Instead, Seastar aims to be more like Rust's tooling with cargo , but supporting seamless compilation across more languages.
Running
Seastar is very simple to build and run. Assuming you have Cargo and Rust installed, clone the repository, cd into the example folder, and run cargo run -- build to run Seastar and build the example project, or cargo run -- run to run the example project. Check example/Seastar.toml to make sure that you have the compiler installed and correctly set in that file.
Roadmap
Seastar is still in a very early state, and thus I wouldn't recommend using it currently for anything serious. Below, however, you can see my roadmap, and if you want to get updates, you can watch this repository.
Sort of working: Being able to compile and link a simple project with multiple files and include headers.
Sort of working: Being able to compile and link a simple project with multiple files and include headers. Incremental builds: The entire program shouldn't be recompiled every time a single file is changed.
Incremental builds: The entire program shouldn't be recompiled every time a single file is changed. Custom compiler flags: The programmer should be able to customize the compiler flags through Seastar.toml without needing to change the build/run commands.
Custom compiler flags: The programmer should be able to customize the compiler flags through without needing to change the build/run commands. Parallel builds: Compiling in parallel is faster and more efficient.
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