JUCE CMake Audio Plugin Template

A template for creating an audio plugin using JUCE 6/7 and CMake.

• Works as a drop-in replacement for Projucer - no changes to the source code are necessary! The template can also be used alongside a .jucer project.
• Generates clean Xcode and Visual Studio projects (reasonable source file organisation, only the necessary build schemes for Xcode).
• Uses CMake to manage dependencies (e.g. JUCE). The template creates a shallow clone of the specified git tag or branch to reduce download times and disk usage.
• Uses GitHub Actions to build and validate the plugin on MacOS and Windows. Dependencies and compiler output are cached for faster builds.

To learn how to replace a Projucer project with this template, see the Migrating from Projucer guide.

Generating IDE project

To generate an Xcode project, run:

cmake -B Build -G Xcode -D CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=arm64\;x86_64 -D CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.13

The -D CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=arm64\;x86_64 flag is required to build universal binaries.

The -D CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.13 flag sets the minimum MacOS version to be supported.

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To generate a Visual Studio 2022 (17) project, run:

cmake -B Build -G "Visual Studio 17"

Building

To build the generated IDE project from the command line, run:

cmake --build Build --config Debug

References

Based on the JUCE/examples/CMake/AudioPlugin template.

Inspired by:

• sudara/pamplejuce
• eyalamirmusic/JUCECmakeRepoPrototype