• Crawler is a quick prototiping platform for Windows and Visual Studio (C++11).
• Crawler is just a premake script + many common libraries ready to use.
• You just put sources and headers into any apps/ subfolder as you like.
• Executing crawler.bat will
  • Scan your disk structure crawling for headers and sources. Automatically.
  • Create/delete projects as needed. Automatically.
  • Create new applications in the solution. Automatically.
  • Refresh all projects into solution. Automatically.
  • Refresh all include paths for every project in the solution. Automatically.
  • Refresh all sources for every project in the solution. Automatically.
  • Rewrite all licenses found into LICENSE file. Automatically.
  • Compile and link statically everything.
• I have collected many samples from many repos to showcase the build tech. Feel free to browse the apps/ folder. You can compile them with the .sln file generated above.
• And that is all (hopefully). The following libraries are already provided.

• Animations: spine-runtime
• Audio: soloud, modplug
• Compression: miniz
• Data: json11, pugixml, stb_image, nanosvg
• Databases: sqlite3
• Dialogs: native-file-dialog, tiny-file-dialogs
• Frameworks: SDL2, GLFW3, SFML2, freeglut, glwt, sketch2d (*)
• Extensions: gl3w, glew, glxw
• Input: ois
• Math: eigen, glm (*)
• Meshes: assimp
• Network: enet
• Physics: bullet2, box2d (*)
• Profilers: microprofile, remotery (*)
• Rendering: nanovg, libtess2
• Scripting: lua
• Text: stb_truetype, fontstash
• User interfaces: imgui
• [*] Yes, all included. Stick to the one you like the most :)

• 📂/, README, LICENSES and main script.
• 📂apps/, where all your applications are (a folder per executable).
• 📂libs/, where all the tech love/hate is. Sorted by context.
• 📂patches/, where code patches are located (if needed).

git clone https://github.com/r-lyeh/crawler && cd crawler && crawler

git pull && crawler

• Why?
  • It is always a pain to set up, compile and test most of the projects I find on the internet. Specially on Windows. I just want to drop sources on a folder and give them a try. Without messing with dependencies, include paths, libs and makefiles.
• How to add my new app/program to the solution?
  • Create a new subfolder in apps/.
  • Put your awesome game in there, and execute crawler.bat.
  • All your game source files will be scanned and added into solution.
  • All your game header paths will be scanned and added into solution.
  • Check that .prj/crawler.sln solution is already updated. Profit.
• How to clean the project/disk tree?
  • Execute crawler clean.
• How to compile from command-line?
  • Execute crawler make.
• Why there are no git submodules for each library?
  • Ease of use. Newbies can just download the whole repository as a zip file. And everything should be there already. Additionally, it takes git a while (ages!) to initialize & download everything when there are many submodules already in the repository.
• Can you add [xxx] library?
  • Probably, as long as the library is widely supported / useful for anyone.
• Can you add [xxx] scripting language?
  • Probably, as long as it is already located in the Scriptorium repository.
• Does it compile on linux or osx?
  • Partial support already. Pull-requests anyone?
• Does it compile on android or ios?
  • Nope. Pull-requests anyone?
• What is the license for the repo?
  • Premake script is Public Domain.
• What is the license for the libraries?
  • For every library in use here, check LICENSE file.
• What is the license for the samples?
  • For every sample in apps/ folder, check each folder separately.
• What about L/GPL?
  • There is no L/GPL software in the repository.
• What is the build model (trade-off) for the solution configurations ?
  • Everything is linked statically, so you can redistribute your .exe more easily.
  • Also check the following directives/compilation flags table:

▼targets\defines▶ | #HAS_DEBUGINFO | #HAS_OPTIMIZATIONS | #MASTER --- | --- | --- | --- | --- DEBUG | (3):heavy_check_mark::heavy_check_mark::heavy_check_mark: | (0):heavy_multiplication_x: | (0):heavy_multiplication_x: DEBUGOPT | (2):heavy_check_mark::heavy_check_mark: | (1):heavy_check_mark: | (0):heavy_multiplication_x: RELEASE/NDEBUG | (1):heavy_check_mark: | (2):heavy_check_mark::heavy_check_mark: | (0):heavy_multiplication_x: SHIPPING | (0):heavy_multiplication_x: | (3):heavy_check_mark::heavy_check_mark::heavy_check_mark: | (1):heavy_check_mark:

• Check LICENSE file as well.
• assimp, BSD licensed.
• boost, BOOST licensed.
• bullet2, ZLIB/LIBPNG licensed.
• eigen, BSD licensed.
• enet, MIT licensed.
• freeglut, MIT licensed.
• GL, MIT licensed.
• glew, MIT licensed.
• glfw3, ZLIB/LIBPNG licensed.
• glm, MIT licensed.
• glut, PD licensed.
• glwt, ZLIB/LIBPNG licensed.
• glxw, ZLIB/LIBPNG licensed.
• imgui, MIT licensed.
• json11, MIT licensed.
• libmodplug, PD licensed.
• libtess2, SGI licensed.
• miniz, PD licensed.
• nanosvg, ZLIB/LIBPNG licensed.
• nanovg, ZLIB/LIBPNG licensed.
• nativefiledialog, ZLIB/LIBPNG licensed.
• poly2tri, BSD licensed.
• pugixml, MIT licensed.
• remotery, APACHE2 licensed.
• SDL2, ZLIB/LIBPNG licensed.
• SFML2, ZLIB/LIBPNG licensed.
• sketch2d, MIT licensed.
• soloud, ZLIB/LIBPNG licensed.
• spine-lua, BSD licensed.
• spine-runtimes, BSD licensed.
• stb, PD licensed.
• tedsid, PD licensed.
• tinyfiledialogs, ZLIB/LIBPNG licensed.
• zlib, ZLIB/LIBPNG licensed.