# PREMAKE 5 (core) * Linux : [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/premake/premake-core.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/premake/premake-core) * Windows: [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/lc9g332y2lqvel8h?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/PremakeOrganization/premake-core) Premake is a command line utility which reads a scripted definition of a software project and, most commonly, uses it to generate project files for toolsets like Visual Studio, Xcode, or GNU Make. Built-in and Third-Party [Modules](https://github.com/premake/premake-core/wiki/Modules) add support for even more toolsets. Find out in detail [what Premake is](https://github.com/premake/premake-core/wiki/What-Is-Premake) and how to use it in the [wiki](https://github.com/premake/premake-core/wiki). ### Get started * [Download Premake](http://premake.github.io/download.html) * [Read the wiki](https://github.com/premake/premake-core/wiki) to find out how to get your project up and running with Premake. ### News and Community * Check the official [Github project](https://github.com/premake/premake-core) for the latest developments * For questions about using Premake and authoring project scripts, please ask on [StackOverflow, adding the #premake tag to your question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/premake). * For discussions about developing, customizing, or extending Premake and add-on modules, please use the [Premake Developers Google Groups forum](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/premake-development). ### Report isssues Something not working quite as expected? Do you need a feature that has not been implemented yet? Check the [issue tracker](https://github.com/premake/premake-core/issues) and add a new one if your problem is not already listed. Please try to provide a detailed description of your problem, including the steps to reproduce it. ### Contribute Awesome! View the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/premake/premake-core/wiki/Contribution-Guidelines) before you contribute. If you would like to contribute with a new feature or submit a bugfix, fork this repo and send a pull request. Please, make sure all the unit tests are passing before submitting and add new ones in case you introduced new features. ### Copyright & License Copyright © 2002-2016 by Jason Perkins Distributed under the terms of the BSD License, see LICENSE.txt The Lua language and runtime library is © TeCGraf, PUC-Rio. See their website at http://www.lua.org/