The NAR plugin for Maven allows you to compile native code (C++, C and Fortran) on a number of different architectures (Linux, Windows, MacOSX, Solaris, FreeBSD, ...) and with a number of different compilers/linkers (g++, Microsoft Visual C++, CC, ...) The output produced is wrapped up in Native ARchive files (.nar) some of which are machine independent (-noarch), while others are machine specific and thus depend on a combination of machine architecture(A), operating-system(O) and linker(L) identified as AOL. These nar files can be installed in the local Maven repository and deployed to a standard Maven (web) server, using the standard maven-install-plugin and maven-deploy-plugin.

Usage

In your POM:

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>com.github.maven-nar</groupId>
            <artifactId>nar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.10.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
            <extensions>true</extensions>
            <configuration>
                ...
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

Of course, it is recommended that you use the latest version.

What you put in the <configuration> section will depend on your build; for ideas, see:

• Working examples
• integration tests

Documentation

• Wiki
  • How to contribute
  • FAQ
• Maven site

Community

• Mailing list
• Issues

What about maven-nar-plugin?

This is the official maven-nar-plugin project, renamed to nar-maven-plugin as per Apache Maven's requirements.

Alternatives and Complements

• Native Library Loader which integrates with NAR
• Native Maven Plugin from Mojohaus
• Java Native Loader
• Gradle Native