MazuCC is a minimalist C compiler with x86_64 code generation. It is intended to support partial C99 language features while keeping the code as small and simple as possible.

Run make to build:

$ make

MazuCC comes with unit tests. To run the tests, give "check" as an argument:

$ make check

MazuCC is known to work on both GNU/Linux and macOS.

Use MazuCC to compile C source:

$ ./mzcc  sample/nqueen.c

Alternatively, MazuCC accepts the stream from standard input. The equivalent form for the above command is:

$ cat sample/nqueen.c | ./mzcc -

You will get the generated x86_64 assembly in AT&T syntax. The output can be assembled and linked into a valid executable:

$ ./mzcc -o sample/nqueen.s sample/nqueen.c
$ gcc -no-pie -o sample/nqueen sample/nqueen.s

If MazuCC is compiled and executed on macOS, the above argument -no-pie should be eliminated.

Reference output of MazuCC-compiled sample/nqueen:

Q . . . . . . .
. . . . Q . . .
. . . . . . . Q
. . . . . Q . .
. . Q . . . . .
. . . . . . Q .
. Q . . . . . .
. . . Q . . . .

Alternatively, you can dump internal abstract syntax tree:

echo 'struct {int x; char y; struct { int t; } z; } a;' | ./mzcc --dump-ast -

The expected output in S-expression form:

(decl (struct (int)
              (char)
              ((struct (int)))) a)

MazuCC is heavily inspired by 8cc.

MazuCC is freely redistributable under the BSD 2 clause license. Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.