BLT¶
Build, Link, and Test
BLT is a composition of CMake macros and several widely used open source tools assembled to simplify HPC software development.
BLT was released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) under a BSD-style open source license. It is developed on github under LLNL’s github organization: https://github.com/llnl/blt
Note
BLT officially supports CMake 3.8 and above. However we only print a warning if you are below this version. Some features in earlier versions may or may not work. Use at your own risk.
BLT at a Glance¶
- Simplifies setting up a CMake-based build system
- CMake macros for:
- Creating libraries and executables
- Managing compiler flags
- Managing external dependencies
- Multi-platform support (HPC Platforms, OSX, Windows)
- CMake macros for:
- Batteries included
- Built-in support for HPC Basics: MPI, OpenMP, and CUDA
- Built-in support for unit testing in C/C++ and Fortran
- Streamlines development processes
- Support for documentation generation
- Support for code health tools:
- Runtime and static analysis, benchmarking
Developers¶
- Chris White (white238@llnl.gov)
- Cyrus Harrison (harrison37@llnl.gov)
- George Zagaris (zagaris2@llnl.gov)
- Kenneth Weiss (kweiss@llnl.gov)
- Lee Taylor (taylor16@llnl.gov)
- Aaron Black (black27@llnl.gov)
- David A. Beckingsale (beckingsale1@llnl.gov)
- Richard Hornung (hornung1@llnl.gov)
- Randolph Settgast (settgast1@llnl.gov)
- Peter Robinson (robinson96@llnl.gov)