iffy / nimxc

Nim cross-compiler tool

nimxc is a command-line utility that makes it really easy to cross-compile Nim programs. This is ALPHA quality software!

Installation

nimble install https://github.com/iffy/nimxc.git

Usage

# Compile `foo.nim` for 64-bit Linux
nimxc c --target linux-amd64 foo.nim
# or Intel macOS
nimxc c --target macosx-amd64 foo.nim
# or M1 macOS
nimxc c --target macosx-arm64 foo.nim

# see more
nimxc --help

Platform support

The following hosts and targets are supported except for some situations captured in Issues. Some dynamic libraries aren't working yet. Generated from running nimxc list --all:

From linux-amd64
  --target linux-amd64
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.27
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.28
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.31
  --target linux-i386
  --target macosx-amd64
  --target macosx-arm64
  --target windows-amd64
  --target windows-arm64
  --target windows-i386
From linux-i386
  --target linux-amd64
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.27
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.28
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.31
  --target linux-i386
  --target macosx-amd64
  --target macosx-arm64
  --target windows-amd64
  --target windows-arm64
  --target windows-i386
From macosx-amd64
  --target linux-amd64
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.27
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.28
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.31
  --target linux-i386
  --target macosx-amd64
  --target macosx-arm64
  --target windows-amd64
  --target windows-arm64
  --target windows-i386
From macosx-arm64
  --target linux-amd64
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.27
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.28
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.31
  --target linux-i386
  --target macosx-amd64
  --target macosx-arm64
  --target windows-amd64
  --target windows-arm64
  --target windows-i386
From windows-amd64
  --target linux-amd64
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.27
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.28
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.31
  --target linux-i386
  --target macosx-amd64
  --target macosx-arm64
  --target windows-amd64
  --target windows-arm64
  --target windows-i386
From windows-arm64
  --target linux-amd64
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.27
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.28
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.31
  --target linux-i386
  --target macosx-amd64
  --target macosx-arm64
  --target windows-amd64
  --target windows-arm64
  --target windows-i386
From windows-i386
  --target linux-amd64
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.27
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.28
  --target linux-amd64-gnu.2.31
  --target linux-i386
  --target macosx-amd64
  --target macosx-arm64
  --target windows-amd64
  --target windows-arm64
  --target windows-i386

How it works

It uses zig cc as the compiler. Thanks, Zig!