moredeps

A collection of dependencies frequently used across projects, built as static libraries for multiple platforms from a single source tree.

By @morew4rd.

Build philosophy

• Library only. Every dependency is configured to build only the library itself. Examples, tests, documentation, benchmarks, and tools are disabled by default.
• Production quality. No hacks or temporary workarounds. Every build path is documented, reproducible, and pinned to a specific dependency version.
• Multi-platform. Static libraries are produced for:
  • Windows x64 / arm64
  • Linux x64 / arm64
  • macOS arm64
  • Emscripten (wasm32)
• CMake-driven. The top-level CMakeLists.txt drives all CMake-buildable dependencies. Non-CMake or header-only dependencies live under src/<dep>/ as small, clean wrappers.

Quick start

1. Clone and initialize submodules

git clone https://github.com/moreward/moredeps.git
cd moredeps

# Initialize all top-level submodules.
# Do NOT use --recursive; dawn's nested submodules include private Google
# repositories that require authentication and are not needed.
git submodule update --init --jobs 4

If a submodule fails to initialize (e.g. from a partial or interrupted clone), reset it individually:

git submodule deinit -f deps/<name>
rmdir /s /q deps\<name>        # Windows
rm -rf deps/<name>             # Unix
git submodule update --init deps/<name>

2. Build for your platform

# macOS (native)
./scripts/build_all.sh macos_arm64

# Linux (native or cross to arm64)
./scripts/build_all.sh linux_x64
./scripts/build_all.sh linux_arm64

# Windows (from x64 Native Tools Command Prompt, or Git Bash)
./scripts/build_all.sh windows_x64
./scripts/build_all.sh windows_arm64

# Emscripten / WASM
./scripts/build_all.sh wasm_emscripten

# Build all supported platforms (requires all toolchains installed)
./scripts/build_all.sh all

Artifacts are staged in _out/<platform>/lib/ and _out/<platform>/include/.

Documentation

• docs/build_plan.md — the overall build-infrastructure plan, targets, exclusions, and implementation phases.
• docs/build_options.md — per-dependency CMake options and the defaults we selected (examples/tests/docs disabled, minimal optional features).
• docs/mobile_plan.md — iOS/Android support plan and dependency matrix.
• docs/shared_libs.md — how to produce shared libraries from the static artifacts.

Layout

• deps/ — upstream sources as git submodules (read-only). All dependencies are top-level submodules; git submodule update --init --recursive is not strictly required anymore.
• src/<dep>/ — CMake wrappers and implementation files for header-only / non-CMake dependencies.
• toolchain/ — CMake toolchain files for cross-compilation.
• _b/<platform>/ — CMake build trees (gitignored).
• _out/<platform>/ — staged static libraries and public headers.
• scripts/build_all.sh — entry point to build all platform combinations.
• scripts/validate_dev_env.sh — check that the host has the required tools for a platform.
• scripts/clean_all.sh — remove all _b/ and _out/ directories for a clean start.

Status

Platform	Status	Notes
macOS arm64	✅ Validated	76 static libraries
Linux arm64	✅ Validated	76 static libraries
Emscripten (wasm32)	✅ Validated	65 static libraries (excludes desktop-only deps)
Windows x64	✅ Validated	MSVC via Ninja or NMake
Windows arm64	✅ Validated	MSVC cross-compile from x64 host; mtcc excluded (no ARM64 PE backend)
Linux x64	⏳ Pending	Toolchain provided; awaiting validation

Known exclusions

• Emscripten: glfw, mtcc, enet, libwebsockets, reproc, tinycsocket (desktop-only APIs).
• Windows arm64: mtcc (TinyCC's PE backend lacks ARM64 support).
• All platforms: ghostty is macOS-only (Zig build, library extraction from xcframework).

See docs/work_log.md for the current state and known caveats.