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Work · April 2, 2024

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Rig, the Zero Magic, Zero Dependency Build System

Announcement: https://yzena.com/2024/04/rig-24.04.00-has-been-released/ Okay, it's not zero dependency, but it does only need a C99 compiler and some way to run a command. (C11 preferred, though.) Anyway, after more than three years of work, Rig is finally ready because it can build itself on non-Windows platforms. (Windows support only needs to figure out how to access the compiler.) Rig's website: https://rigbuild.dev/ That website has the docs as well, but for anyone who can contact me [1], feel free to do so if the docs are not sufficient for…

Rig, the Zero Magic, Zero Dependency Build System launched on April 2, 2024 with 8 votes, #1,348 of 4,347 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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In the maker’s words, at launch

Announcement: https://yzena.com/2024/04/rig-24.04.00-has-been-released/ Okay, it's not zero dependency, but it does only need a C99 compiler and some way to run a command. (C11 preferred, though.) Anyway, after more than three years of work, Rig is finally ready because it can build…

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