cmx

CMake Extensions (or cmx for short) is a collection of useful, cross-platform CMake modules for integrating popular libraries into your projects. It can be used as a lightweight alternative to vcpkg if the required dependencies are supported. It also provides various utilities like platform, CPU architecture and OS-related compile definitions, as well as useful macros for defining targets more easily.

Using cmx in your project

In order to use cmx in your own project, you will need to include the cmx-bootstrap module which takes care of downloading all other modules and keeping them up-to-date. In order to add the bootstrap module to your project, use the following command:

wget https://getcmx.karmakrafts.dev

You can also manually download the bootstrapper by following the aformentioned link.

After you added the bootstrapper to your project, you can include cmx by adding the following two lines to your CMakeLists file:

set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
include(cmx-bootstrap)