--- title: xmake-io/xmake: 🔥 A cross-platform build utility based... description: Xmake is a cross-platform build utility based on the Lua scripting language. It is lightweight, has no dependencies outside of the standard library, and can be... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/xmake-io-xmake-a-cross-platform-build-utility-based-on-lua-mnrghkk67 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: xmake-io/xmake: 🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua | daily.dev og:description: Xmake is a cross-platform build utility based on the Lua scripting language. It is lightweight, has no dependencies outside of the standard library, and can be... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/xmake-io-xmake-a-cross-platform-build-utility-based-on-lua-mnrghkk67 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mnrGHkk67.png og:image:alt: xmake-io/xmake: 🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # xmake-io/xmake: 🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 9 min read · 20 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Xmake is a cross-platform build utility based on the Lua scripting language. It is lightweight, has no dependencies outside of the standard library, and can be used to build source code or generate project source files. 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