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nim

The Nim compiler. Processes, compiles and links Nim language source files. More information: https://nim-lang.org/docs/nimc.html.

  • Compile a source file:

nim compile {{path/to/file.nim}}

  • Compile and run a source file:

nim compile -r {{path/to/file.nim}}

  • Compile a source file with release optimizations enabled:

nim compile -d:release {{path/to/file.nim}}

  • Build a release binary optimized for low file size:

nim compile -d:release --opt:size {{path/to/file.nim}}

  • Generate HTML documentation for a module (output will be placed in the current directory):

nim doc {{path/to/file.nim}}

  • Check a file for syntax and semantics:

nim check {{path/to/file.nim}}