Cookiecutter template for out-of-tree MLIR optimizer projects

MLIR
1

Hi all,

I put together a small Cookiecutter template for generating out-of-tree MLIR projects that are focused on building a custom optimizer (dialect + passes + mlir-opt-style driver):

GitHub | mlir-optimizer-template

The goal is to make it easy to spin up a clean project that:

  • defines a dialect
  • registers passes
  • builds a standalone optimizer binary
  • includes example IR and basic testing scaffolding
  • builds against an existing MLIR installation

There are a few standalone dialect templates out there, but I wanted something slightly more aimed toward: ā€œIā€™m building a research optimizer or experimental compiler and want structure immediately.ā€

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LLVM Weekly - #636, March 9th 2026
2

Cool; nice follow-up to the classic https://github.com/jmgorius/mlir-standalone-template

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Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 9:06 AM
To: Muthu Annamalai mannamalai@cornami.com
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [LLVM] [MLIR] Cookiecutter template for out-of-tree MLIR optimizer projects


PlatinumCD
March 3

Hi all,

I put together a small Cookiecutter template for generating out-of-tree MLIR projects that are focused on building a custom optimizer (dialect + passes + mlir-opt-style driver):

GitHub | mlir-optimizer-template

The goal is to make it easy to spin up a clean project that:

  • defines a dialect
  • registers passes
  • builds a standalone optimizer binary
  • includes example IR and basic testing scaffolding
  • builds against an existing MLIR installation

There are a few standalone dialect templates out there, but I wanted something slightly more aimed toward: ā€œIā€™m building a research optimizer or experimental compiler and want structure immediately.ā€

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