Welcome to scikit-build

scikit-build is an improved build system generator for CPython C/C++/Fortran/Cython extensions. It provides better support for additional compilers, build systems, cross compilation, and locating dependencies and their associated build requirements.

The scikit-build package is fundamentally just glue between the setuptools Python module and CMake.

To get started, see this example. For more examples, see scikit-build-sample-projects.

User guide

• Installation
  • Install package with pip
  • Install from source
  • Dependencies
• Why should I use scikit-build ?
• Basic Usage
  • Example of setup.py, CMakeLists.txt and pyproject.toml
  • Setup options
  • Command line options
• Advanced Usage
  • How to test if scikit-build is driving the compilation ?
  • Adding cmake as building requirement only if not installed or too low a version
  • Enabling parallel build
  • Support for isolated build
  • Optimized incremental build
  • Environment variable configuration
  • Cross-compilation
  • Examples for scikit-build developers
• C Runtime, Compiler and Build System Generator
  • Build system generator
  • Linux
  • MacOSX
  • Windows
• CMake modules
  • Cython
  • NumPy
  • PythonExtensions
  • F2PY
• Contributing
  • Types of Contributions
  • Get Started
  • Pull Request Guidelines
  • Tips
• Hacking
  • Controlling CMake using scikit-build
  • Internal API
  • Internal CMake Modules
• Credits
• Release Notes
  • Next Release
  • Scikit-build 0.16.7
  • Scikit-build 0.16.6
  • Scikit-build 0.16.5
  • Scikit-build 0.16.4
  • Scikit-build 0.16.3
  • Scikit-build 0.16.2
  • Scikit-build 0.16.1
  • Scikit-build 0.16.0
  • Scikit-build 0.15.0
  • Scikit-build 0.14.1
  • Scikit-build 0.14.0
  • Scikit-build 0.13.1
  • Scikit-build 0.13.0
  • Scikit-build 0.12.0
  • Scikit-build 0.11.1
  • Scikit-build 0.11.0
  • Scikit-build 0.10.0
  • Scikit-build 0.9.0
  • Scikit-build 0.8.1
  • Scikit-build 0.8.0
  • Scikit-build 0.7.1
  • Scikit-build 0.7.0
  • Scikit-build 0.6.1
  • Scikit-build 0.6.0
  • Scikit-build 0.5.1
  • Scikit-build 0.5.0
  • Scikit-build 0.4.0
  • Scikit-build 0.3.0
• Release Notes
  • Next Release
  • Scikit-build 0.16.7
  • Scikit-build 0.16.6
  • Scikit-build 0.16.5
  • Scikit-build 0.16.4
  • Scikit-build 0.16.3
  • Scikit-build 0.16.2
  • Scikit-build 0.16.1
  • Scikit-build 0.16.0
  • Scikit-build 0.15.0
  • Scikit-build 0.14.1
  • Scikit-build 0.14.0
  • Scikit-build 0.13.1
  • Scikit-build 0.13.0
  • Scikit-build 0.12.0
  • Scikit-build 0.11.1
  • Scikit-build 0.11.0
  • Scikit-build 0.10.0
  • Scikit-build 0.9.0
  • Scikit-build 0.8.1
  • Scikit-build 0.8.0
  • Scikit-build 0.7.1
  • Scikit-build 0.7.0
  • Scikit-build 0.6.1
  • Scikit-build 0.6.0
  • Scikit-build 0.5.1
  • Scikit-build 0.5.0
  • Scikit-build 0.4.0
  • Scikit-build 0.3.0

For maintainers

• Making a release
  • Prerequisites
  • Documentation conventions
  • Setting up environment
  • PyPI: Step-by-step
  • Conda: Step-by-step

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page

Resources

• Free software: MIT license

• Documentation: http://scikit-build.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

• Source code: https://github.com/scikit-build/scikit-build

• Discussions: https://github.com/orgs/scikit-build/discussions