crosstool-NG For Mac

crosstool-NG aims at building toolchains. Toolchains are an essential component in a software development project.

crosstool-NG will compile, assemble and link the code that is being developed. Some pieces of the toolchain will eventually end up in the resulting binary/ies: static libraries are but an example.

A toolchain is a very sensitive piece of software, as any bug in one of the components, or a poorly configured component, can lead to execution problems, ranging from poor performance, to mis-behaving software (which more than often is hard to detect)

Toolchains are made of different pieces of software, each being quite complex and requiring specially crafted options to build and work seamlessly.

This is usually not that easy, even in the not-so-trivial case of native toolchains. The work reaches a higher degree of complexity when it comes to cross-compilation, where it can become quite a nightmare.

crosstool-NG is really targetted at building toolchains, and only toolchains. It is then up to you to use it the way you want.

With crosstool-NG, you can learn precisely how each component is configured and built, so you can finely tweak the build steps should you need it.

crosstool-NG can build from generic, general purpose toolchains, to very specific and dedicated toolchains. Simply fill in specific values in the adequate options.