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CMake

Last updated May 14, 2025, generated by Sumble

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What is CMake?

CMake is an open-source, cross-platform family of tools designed to build, test and package software. CMake is used to control the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler independent configuration files, and generate native makefiles and workspaces that can be used in the compiler environment of your choice.

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What other technologies are related to CMake?

CMake Competitor Technologies

Make is a build automation tool, similar to CMake, though CMake is a meta-build system that generates Makefiles.

mentioned alongside CMake in 28% (3.2k) of relevant job posts

Autotools (autoconf, automake, libtool) is another build system, a common alternative to CMake, especially in the Linux world.

mentioned alongside CMake in 78% (544) of relevant job posts

Bazel is a build system from Google, competing with CMake in terms of functionality and purpose.

mentioned alongside CMake in 26% (1.6k) of relevant job posts

Meson is a build system, similar to CMake, providing an alternative way to configure and build projects.

mentioned alongside CMake in 61% (276) of relevant job posts

GNU Make is a specific implementation of make, and is therefore in the same category as make.

mentioned alongside CMake in 34% (445) of relevant job posts

SCons is a software construction tool that is another alternative to CMake.

mentioned alongside CMake in 42% (260) of relevant job posts

Autoconf is part of the Autotools suite, which competes with CMake as a build system generator.

mentioned alongside CMake in 57% (126) of relevant job posts

qmake is the build system traditionally used with Qt projects, and is an alternative to CMake (although CMake is now commonly used with Qt).

mentioned alongside CMake in 81% (87) of relevant job posts

CMake Complementary Technologies

Conan is a C/C++ package manager often used in conjunction with CMake to manage dependencies.

mentioned alongside CMake in 59% (1.5k) of relevant job posts

Ninja is a small build system that focuses on speed. CMake can generate Ninja build files.

mentioned alongside CMake in 65% (604) of relevant job posts

GCC is a compiler that CMake can use to build software. CMake generates build files that then invoke the compiler.

mentioned alongside CMake in 23% (1.5k) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention CMake?

Job function

Jobs mentioning CMake

Orgs mentioning CMake

Engineering & R&D

0% (15.5k) job posts

5 organizations

Engineer

0% (15.3k) job posts

377 organizations

Software Engineer

0% (11.5k) job posts

2k organizations

Embedded Engineer

2% (1.8k) job posts

407 organizations

DevOps Engineer

1% (1.5k) job posts

456 organizations

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Which organizations are mentioning CMake?

Organization

Industry

Matching Teams

Matching People

Northrop Grumman

Manufacturing

Cea - Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique

Utilities

Manufacturing

Scientific and Technical Services

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