#DCR - A Cargo-style build tool for C/C++ projects

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stray elm
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🛠️ DCR — Dexoron Cargo Realization

A Cargo-style build tool for C/C++ projects

📂 GitHub: https://github.com/dexoron/dcr
🌐 Website & Docs: https://dcr.dexoron.su

🔥 Why DCR?

  • No boilerplate — one config file, predictable structure.
  • Cargo-like workflow — familiar build, run, clean, test, add.
  • Cross-compilation — full target triple support with short names.
  • IDE integration — VS Code, CLion, and compile_commands.json out of the box.
  • Dependencies — path, git, and registry-based with a lock file.

📦 Installation

via Dexoron Custom Repository (Linux):

See https://dcr.dexoron.su for package manager configuration.

  • Arch Linux: sudo pacman -Sy dcr
  • Debian / Ubuntu: sudo apt update && sudo apt install dcr
  • Fedora / RHEL: sudo dnf install dcr

Arch Linux (AUR):

yay -S dcr

macOS / Linux (Homebrew):

brew tap dexoron/dexoron && brew install dcr

Cargo (crates.io):

cargo install dcr

One-line Install Script (Linux / macOS):

curl -fsSL [https://dcr.dexoron.su/install.sh](https://dcr.dexoron.su/install.sh) | bash

🚀 Quick Start

dcr new hello
cd hello
dcr run

Project structure:

hello/
├── dcr.toml       # Project config
└── src/
    └── main.c

dcr.toml Example:

[package]
name = "hello"
version = "0.1.0"
type = "none"
description = ""
author = ""
license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"

[build]
language = "c"
standard = "c11"
compiler = "clang"
kind = "bin"

[dependencies]

💻 Base Commands

  • dcr new <name> — Create a new project
  • dcr init — Initialize current directory
  • dcr add <dep> — Add a dependency
  • dcr build [--release] — Build the project
  • dcr run [--release] — Build and run
  • dcr clean — Remove build artifacts
  • dcr test — Run project tests
  • dcr fmt — Format C/C++ sources (clang-format)
  • dcr tree — View dependency tree
  • dcr gen <vscode|clion|compile-commands> — Generate IDE integration

💻 Supported Platforms

+---------+--------+---------+-----+------+------+------+
|   OS    | x86_64 | aarch64 | GNU | Musl | MSVC |MinGW |
+---------+--------+---------+-----+------+------+------+
| Linux   |   YES  |   YES   | YES |  YES |  NO  |  NO  |
| macOS   |   YES  |   YES   |  NO |  NO  |  NO  |  NO  |
| Windows |   YES  |   YES   |  NO |  NO  |  YES |  YES |
| BSD     |   YES  |    NO   | YES |  NO  |  NO  |  NO  |
+---------+--------+---------+-----+------+------+------+
* BSD includes FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD (x86_64 / GNU)

👥 Contributors

  • Dexoron (Bezotechestvo Vladimir) — Creator, Maintainer (@dexoron)
  • Kai — Maintainer (@peoplemiau1)

⚖️ License: GPL-3.0

bitter kestrel
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Good heavens! It's written in rust ferrisCat

acoustic forum
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Hey uh

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Your use of GPLv3 here probably doesn't work

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libgit is licensed under GPLv2-only, which makes it incompatible with GPLv3-or-later

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As well as openssl (and various rust crates) are licensed under Apache 2.0, which is incompatible with the GPLv2-only used by libgit2

stray elm
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oh..
sad(

acoustic forum
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libgit2 has a Linking Exception clause in its license text

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So it might be fine but it looks a bit dubious either way. I'd at least run a tool like cargo deny to check for possible license incompaibility issues

stray elm
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cargo install deny and cargo deny?

acoustic forum
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you'll need to install it. look out up and read the documentation for how to use it