# \[RFC\] Cross-platform CMake support

**URL:** <https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/rfc-cross-platform-cmake-support/102>\
**Category:** Developing Cinder\
**Created:** [June 21, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/rfc-cross-platform-cmake-support/102 "2016-06-21T01:29:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DTF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@DTF](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/DTF)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/rfc-cross-platform-cmake-support/102/41 "2016-10-15T02:59:45Z")

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Hi, don’t want to make a new thread for this as it’s a pretty simple question. I’ve recently installed CLion and greatly prefer it over XCode, so I found this when trying to figure out how to get Cinder to work with the IDE. However, this does appear to be for the “Cinder for Android and Linux ports”. Does that mean that using this branch of Cinder will not allow for creating applications for Windows (/OS X)? And if it doesn’t, is this version of Cinder compatible with code from the main branch - assuming no linux/android specific work is done?

Thanks. Hopefully this hasn’t been asked before, couldn’t find anything on it.

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**Author:** ![rich.e](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.libcinder.org/rich.e/32/1025_2.png) [@rich.e](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/rich.e)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/rfc-cross-platform-cmake-support/102/42 "2016-10-15T04:23:38Z")

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Hey there,

We try to keep the android\_linux branch in sync with master branch, so yes it can be used for other platforms as well. It is actually nearing completion, soon we will begin the process of getting it merged into master (which will involve a separate forum post to look out for).

cheers,  
Rich

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**Author:** ![hurpyderpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/919ad9/32.png) [@hurpyderpy](https://discourse.libcinder.org/u/hurpyderpy)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://discourse.libcinder.org/t/rfc-cross-platform-cmake-support/102/43 "2016-11-24T05:44:18Z")

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> [@rich.e](#):
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> It is actually nearing completion, soon we will begin the process of getting it merged into master

Awesome. That’s great news Rich, I’m sure I look forward to it.

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