flatbuffers/docs/source/building.md

Building

Building with CMake

The distribution main build system is configured by cmake which allows you to build the project for any platform.

Configuration

Use cmake to configure a project based on your environment and platform.

=== "Unix"

```sh
cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
```

!!! note

    To use `clang` instead of `gcc` you may need to set prepend some
    environment variables e.g. `CC=/usr/bin/clang CXX=/usr/bin/clang++ cmake
    -G "Unix MakeFiles"`

=== "Windows"

```sh
cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
```

=== "MacOS"

```sh
cmake -G "Xcode" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
```

Building

Once the project files are generated, build as normal for your platform.

=== "Unix"

```sh
make -j
```

=== "Windows"

```sh
msbuild.exe FlatBuffers.sln
```

=== "MacOS"

```sh
xcodebuild -toolchain clang -configuration Release
```

Building with Bazel

Building with VCPKG