tldr/pages/common/nim.md

nim

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

• Compile a source file:

nim compile {{file.nim}}

• Compile and run a source file:

nim compile -r {{file.nim}}

• Compile a source file with release optimizations enabled:

nim compile -d:release {{file.nim}}

• Build a release binary optimized for low file size:

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

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

nim doc {{file.nim}}