Show HN: Hancho – A simple and pleasant build system in ~500 lines of Python

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2 years ago

Hi HN, I've been taking a break from my big side projects to work on a smaller side project - a tiny build system that's based on what I've learned from using Ninja and ad-hoc Python for my homebrew build systems over the last few years.

It's basically a promise-based dependency graph runner plus a simple text templating engine, and it works quite well for the smallish projects I've tried it out on so far.

If you find Make crufty, CMake inconsistent, Ninja verbose, and Bazel just too much build system, give Hancho a try.

Don't like one of Hancho's defaults? It's only 500 lines - hack it up however you like.

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