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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! 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](https://github.com/premake/premake-core/wiki/Unit-Tests) are passing before submitting and add new ones in case you introduced new features.

### Copyright & License

Copyright &copy; 2002-2015 by Jason Perkins
Distributed under the terms of the BSD License, see LICENSE.txt

The Lua language and runtime library is &copy; TeCGraf, PUC-Rio.
See their website at http://www.lua.org/