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Dasher

Build: DasherCore (the engine)

DasherCore is the platform-independent C++ engine. Full details in the repo README; the essentials are below.

Prerequisites

  • CMake 3.12+
  • A C++17 compiler: MSVC, GCC, or Clang
  • Git (submodules)

Build

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/dasher-project/DasherCore.git
cd DasherCore
cmake -B build -DBUILD_CAPI=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=ON
cmake --build build --config Release

Outputs:

  • build/DasherCore.lib / .a — static library
  • build/bin/dasher.dll / libdasher.so / .dylib — C API shared library

Run the tests

ctest --test-dir build -C Release --output-on-failure

Conventions (the gold standard)

DasherCore has the tightest contributor rules in the project — see CONTRIBUTING.md. CI runs four mandatory gates: build+test matrix, AddressSanitizer + UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer, clang-tidy, and clang-format. Local mirrors are wired through .pre-commit-config.yaml and CMake presets (strict = warnings-as-errors).