A single CMakeLists.txt can be used to configure projects for different
toolstacks on different platforms. CMake is a build system generator.
Starting from a description of the operations the build system, e.g. Unix
Makefiles, Ninja, Visual Studio, etc., will have to run to get your code
compiled, CMake generates the corresponding instructions for the chosen build
system.
CMake supports an extensive list of native build tools for the different platforms. It is possible to get a list of the available ones for the currently installed version of CMake on the current platform by running:
cmake --help
As an example, to use the Ninja generator, configure with:
cmake -H. -Bbuild -GNinja