crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng

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2506 stars · 742 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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Crosstool-NG is a versatile toolchain generator that builds cross-compilation toolchains (compiler, linker, libraries) for many target architectures. It is driven by a menuconfig-style configuration and implemented largely as a make script.

Use cases

• build a cross-compiler for ARM embedded development
• generate a custom gcc toolchain for a specific target architecture
• create a toolchain for cross-compiling Linux for embedded boards
• build a musl or glibc based cross toolchain
• produce reproducible toolchains for CI builds
• cross-compile software for a different CPU architecture

When to choose

• you need a custom cross-compilation toolchain not provided by your distro
• you target embedded or uncommon architectures
• you want fine-grained control over libc, gcc version, and toolchain options

When to avoid

• you only need a native compiler available from your package manager
• you want a prebuilt vendor toolchain without building it yourself
• you need a quick setup with minimal build time

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

compiler build-tool developer-tools developer-tools compilers embedded-systems cross-platform cli cross-compilation toolchain-generator gcc embedded-linux linux macos

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