linecode / blink

A tool which allows you to edit source code of any C++ project at runtime

blink

A tool that lets you edit the source code of a Windows C++ application live, while it is running, without having to go through the usual compile-and-restart cycle. It is effectivly a runtime linker that detects changes to source code files, compiles them and links them back into the running application, while overwriting the previous image.

In contrast to similar projects, blink does not require you to modify your C++ project in any way. In fact it works on all applications as long as they were compiled with debug symbols (so that a PDB file is created) and you have their source code somewhere on your system.

Usage

There are two ways to use blink:

1. Either launch your application via blink:
   blink.exe foo.exe -arguments
2. Or attach blink to an already running application:
   blink.exe PID where PID is the process ID to attach to

Contributing

Any contributions to the project are welcomed, it's recommended to use GitHub pull requests.

License

All the source code is licensed under the conditions of the BSD 2-clause license.