spdlog is header only library. Just copy the files to your build tree and use a C++11 compiler Tested on: gcc 4.8.1 and above clang 3.5 Visual Studio 2013 gcc 4.8 flags: --std==c++11 -pthread -O3 -flto -Wl,--no-as-needed gcc 4.9 flags: --std=c++11 -pthread -O3 -flto see the makefile in the example folder