Tiny Application Starter

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Minimal application startup.

Features

• cmake 3.30.0
• c++23
• osx clang-17.0
• linux gcc-14.2.0

Includes

• spdlog - logging
• Catch2 - testing
• cpp-termio - terminal colors

File Structure

tiny-app
  | 
  └─include
    ├── app
    │   └── tiny.hpp
    └── vendor
        ├── ansi_colors.hpp
        └── cxxopts.hpp
        └── perftimer.hpp
  └─src
    └── main.cpp
  └─tests
    └── main_unit.cpp

There is also a GEMINI.md file with minimal rules.

Use

• clone or download this project
• change include path to real name
• remove / replace .git and do a git init
• have gemini (or claude code) refactor the tiny file names and namespaces to your-project including the CMakeLists.txt and target

Alternate Branches

• develop - the most basic startup with spdlog, catch2, nlohmann json, threads
• kvstore - adds support for quickkv and domainkeys for an in-memory k/v store

dpw | 2025-07-03 | 81MzL7oHYRG9