Pcons: a modern Python build tool inspired by SCons and CMake

Pcons is a new software build tool in Python, inspired by SCons and CMake. It's designed to be a modern, general-purpose, and extensible build tool that uses a well-known language to describe builds and tools.

SCons is a widely used build tool, but it hasn't kept up with modern Python. It has accumulated wisdom, but also has ossified ways of doing things. The author of Pcons, who was one of the original developers of SCons,…

Pcons is a new build tool that takes the best ideas from SCons and CMake. It uses a modern Python stack with Path and decorators, and fixes some of the pain points of SCons. Pcons is designed to be easy to use, reliab…