A Summary Of Features
CMake is an extensible, open-source system that has several powerful features. These include:

• Supports complex, large build environments. CMake has been proven in several large projects.
• Generates native build files (e.g., makefiles on Unix; workspaces/projects on MS Visual C++). Therefore standard tools can be used on any platform/compiler configuration.
• Has powerful commands include the ability to locate include files, libraries, executables; include external CMake files that encapsulate standard functionality; interfaces to testing systems; supports recursive directory traversal with variable inheritance; can run external programs; supports conditional builds; supports regular expression expansion; and so on.
• Supports in-place and out-of-place builds. Multiple compilation trees are possible from a single source tree.
• Can be easily extended to add new features.
• CMake is open source.
• CMake operates with a cache designed to be interfaced with a graphical editor. The cache provides optional interaction to conditionally control the build process.