Is there a way to build a cross-platform binary that works on Mac and Windows?

[karlprasher01]

Looking for simple + clear instructions to build a cross-platform binary (like the one Whisper.cpp provides) that works on Mac and Windows. Is there a way to do this?

[yashsharmaskk]

Yes. Use a cross-platform build system like CMake. The simplest approach is to compile separately on each OS (Windows with MSVC/MinGW, macOS with Clang), just like Whisper.cpp does. If you want true cross-compilation on one machine, use mingw-w64 for Windows and osxcross for macOS.

[karlprasher01]

@yashsharmaskk thank you for that. I'm a total beginner to this codebase. If you have done this before and have the command(s) / scripts handy (both for each OS and for cross-compilation), I would appreciate it.