friendlyanon/cmake-init

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

cmake-init is an opinionated command-line tool that scaffolds modern CMake projects for executables, static/shared libraries, and header-only libraries. Generated projects come with FetchContent support, install rules, relocatable packages, testing, CI, and integrations for tools like clang-tidy, clang-format, sanitizers, vcpkg, and conan.

Use cases

• initialize a new C++ CMake project
• scaffold a header-only C++ library with modern CMake
• generate a CMake project with tests and CI preconfigured
• set up a CMake project with clang-tidy and clang-format
• create a FetchContent-ready CMake library
• bootstrap a C project with static analysis and coverage
• avoid writing CMake boilerplate from scratch

When to choose

• starting a new C or C++ project that uses CMake
• you want modern CMake (3.14+) best practices out of the box
• you need install rules, relocatable packages, and developer/consumer target separation
• you want built-in testing, CI, and static analysis tooling in a new project

When to avoid

• retrofitting an existing CMake project rather than creating a new one
• you need a non-opinionated or highly customized CMake setup
• your project uses a build system other than CMake

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

build-tool developer-tools boilerplate testing ci-cd developer-tools cli cross-platform python cmake project-scaffolding cpp c vcpkg conan clang-tidy clang-format static-analysis code-coverage fetchcontent header-only-library command-line

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