diff --git a/include/eepp/system/process.hpp b/include/eepp/system/process.hpp
index 76467710f..570a6f6f5 100644
--- a/include/eepp/system/process.hpp
+++ b/include/eepp/system/process.hpp
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ class EE_API Process {
 				 const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>& environment = {},
 				 const std::string& workingDirectory = "" );
 
+	/** @brief Create a process.
+	 ** @param command Command line to execute for this process.
+	 ** @param args Command line arguments to execute for this process.
+	 ** @param options A bit field of Options's to pass.
+	 ** @return On success true is returned. */
+	bool create( const std::string& command, const std::string& args,
+				 const Uint32& options = getDefaultOptions(),
+				 const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>& environment = {},
+				 const std::string& workingDirectory = "" );
+
 	/** @brief Starts a new thread to receive all stdout and stderr data */
 	void startAsyncRead( ReadFn readStdOut = nullptr, ReadFn readStdErr = nullptr );
 
diff --git a/src/eepp/system/process.cpp b/src/eepp/system/process.cpp
index 6b67c131e..7cf5783b4 100644
--- a/src/eepp/system/process.cpp
+++ b/src/eepp/system/process.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,41 @@ bool Process::create( const std::string& command, const Uint32& options,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+bool Process::create( const std::string& command, const std::string& args, const Uint32& options,
+					  const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>& environment,
+					  const std::string& workingDirectory ) {
+	if ( mProcess )
+		return false;
+	std::vector<std::string> cmdArr = String::split( args, " ", "", "\"", true );
+	std::vector<const char*> strings;
+	strings.push_back( command.c_str() );
+	for ( size_t i = 0; i < cmdArr.size(); ++i )
+		strings.push_back( cmdArr[i].c_str() );
+	strings.push_back( NULL );
+	mProcess = eeMalloc( sizeof( subprocess_s ) );
+	memset( mProcess, 0, sizeof( subprocess_s ) );
+	if ( !environment.empty() ) {
+		std::vector<std::string> envArr;
+		std::vector<const char*> envStrings;
+		for ( const auto& pair : environment ) {
+			envArr.push_back( String::format( "%s=%s", pair.first.c_str(), pair.second.c_str() ) );
+			envStrings.push_back( envArr[envArr.size() - 1].c_str() );
+		}
+		envStrings.push_back( NULL );
+
+		auto ret = 0 == subprocess_create_ex( strings.data(), options, envStrings.data(),
+											  !workingDirectory.empty() ? workingDirectory.c_str()
+																		: nullptr,
+											  PROCESS_PTR );
+		return ret;
+	}
+	auto ret =
+		0 == subprocess_create_ex( strings.data(), options, nullptr,
+								   !workingDirectory.empty() ? workingDirectory.c_str() : nullptr,
+								   PROCESS_PTR );
+	return ret;
+}
+
 size_t Process::readAllStdOut( std::string& buffer ) {
 	size_t bytesRead = 0;
 	size_t totalBytesRead = 0;
diff --git a/src/tools/ecode/projectbuild.cpp b/src/tools/ecode/projectbuild.cpp
index 400e8f3cc..52bf8e9fd 100644
--- a/src/tools/ecode/projectbuild.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/ecode/projectbuild.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #include "projectbuild.hpp"
 #include "scopedop.hpp"
 #include <eepp/core/string.hpp>
+#include <eepp/system/clock.hpp>
 #include <eepp/system/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <eepp/system/log.hpp>
+#include <eepp/system/process.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 using json = nlohmann::json;
 
@@ -59,6 +61,26 @@ ProjectBuildManager::~ProjectBuildManager() {
 	mShuttingDown = true;
 	while ( mLoading )
 		Sys::sleep( Milliseconds( 0.1f ) );
+	while ( mBuilding )
+		Sys::sleep( Milliseconds( 0.1f ) );
+}
+
+ProjectBuildCommandsRes
+ProjectBuildManager::run( const std::string& buildName,
+						  std::function<String( const std::string&, const String& )> i18n,
+						  const std::string& buildType, const ProjectBuildProgressFn& progressFn,
+						  const ProjectBuildDoneFn& doneFn ) {
+	ProjectBuildCommandsRes res = generateBuildCommands( buildName, i18n, buildType );
+	if ( !res.isValid() )
+		return res;
+	if ( !mThreadPool ) {
+		res.errorMsg = i18n( "no_threads", "Threaded ecode required to compile builds." );
+		return res;
+	}
+
+	mThreadPool->run( [this, res, progressFn, doneFn]() { runBuild( res, progressFn, doneFn ); } );
+
+	return res;
 };
 
 static bool isValidType( const std::string& typeStr ) {
@@ -76,7 +98,7 @@ static ProjectOutputParserTypes outputParserType( const std::string& typeStr ) {
 }
 
 bool ProjectBuildManager::load() {
-	ScopedOp op( [this]() { mLoading = true; }, [this]() { mLoading = false; } );
+	ScopedOp scopedOp( [this]() { mLoading = true; }, [this]() { mLoading = false; } );
 
 	mProjectFile = mProjectRoot + ".ecode/project_build.json";
 	if ( !FileSystem::fileExists( mProjectFile ) )
@@ -155,17 +177,17 @@ bool ProjectBuildManager::load() {
 
 			ProjectBuildOutputParser outputParser;
 
-			for ( const auto& op : op.items() ) {
-				if ( op.key() == "config" ) {
-					const auto& config = op.value();
+			for ( const auto& item : op.items() ) {
+				if ( item.key() == "config" ) {
+					const auto& config = item.value();
 					outputParser.mRelativeFilePaths = config.value( "output_parser", true );
 				} else {
-					auto typeStr = String::toLower( op.key() );
+					auto typeStr = String::toLower( item.key() );
 
 					if ( !isValidType( typeStr ) )
 						continue;
 
-					const auto& ptrnCfgs = op.value();
+					const auto& ptrnCfgs = item.value();
 					if ( ptrnCfgs.is_array() ) {
 						for ( const auto& ptrnCfg : ptrnCfgs ) {
 							ProjectBuildOutputParserConfig opc;
@@ -232,11 +254,55 @@ ProjectBuildCommandsRes ProjectBuildManager::generateBuildCommands(
 		replaceVar( buildCmd, VAR_NPROC, nproc );
 		if ( !buildType.empty() )
 			replaceVar( buildCmd, VAR_BUILD_TYPE, buildType );
-
+		buildCmd.config = build.mConfig;
 		res.cmds.emplace_back( std::move( buildCmd ) );
 	}
 
 	return res;
 }
 
+void ProjectBuildManager::runBuild( const ProjectBuildCommandsRes& res,
+									const ProjectBuildProgressFn& progressFn,
+									const ProjectBuildDoneFn& doneFn ) {
+	ScopedOp scopedOp( [this]() { mBuilding = true; }, [this]() { mBuilding = false; } );
+	Clock clock;
+	for ( const auto& cmd : res.cmds ) {
+		Process process;
+		auto options = Process::SearchUserPath | Process::NoWindow | Process::CombinedStdoutStderr;
+		if ( !cmd.config.clearSysEnv )
+			options |= Process::InheritEnvironment;
+		if ( process.create( cmd.cmd, cmd.args, options, cmd.envs, cmd.workingDir ) ) {
+			std::string buffer( 1024, '\0' );
+			unsigned bytesRead = 0;
+			int returnCode;
+			do {
+				bytesRead = process.readStdOut( buffer );
+				std::string data( buffer.substr( 0, bytesRead ) );
+				if ( progressFn )
+					progressFn( 50, std::move( data ) );
+			} while ( bytesRead != 0 && process.isAlive() && !mShuttingDown );
+
+			if ( mShuttingDown ) {
+				process.kill();
+				doneFn( EXIT_FAILURE );
+				return;
+			}
+
+			if ( progressFn )
+				progressFn( 90, {} );
+
+			process.join( &returnCode );
+			process.destroy();
+
+			if ( doneFn && returnCode != EXIT_SUCCESS ) {
+				progressFn( 100, {} );
+				doneFn( returnCode );
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	doneFn( EXIT_SUCCESS );
+}
+
 } // namespace ecode
diff --git a/src/tools/ecode/projectbuild.hpp b/src/tools/ecode/projectbuild.hpp
index 99f62e01e..00f874428 100644
--- a/src/tools/ecode/projectbuild.hpp
+++ b/src/tools/ecode/projectbuild.hpp
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ using ProjectBuildMap = std::unordered_map<std::string, ProjectBuild>;
 
 struct ProjectBuildCommand : public ProjectBuildStep {
 	ProjectBuildKeyVal envs;
+	ProjectBuildConfig config;
 
 	ProjectBuildCommand( const ProjectBuildStep& step, const ProjectBuildKeyVal& envs ) :
 		ProjectBuildStep( step ), envs( envs ) {}
@@ -157,12 +158,21 @@ struct ProjectBuildCommandsRes {
 	bool isValid() { return errorMsg.empty(); }
 };
 
+using ProjectBuildProgressFn = std::function<void( int curProgress, std::string buffer )>;
+using ProjectBuildDoneFn = std::function<void( int exitCode )>;
+
 class ProjectBuildManager {
   public:
 	ProjectBuildManager( const std::string& projectRoot, std::shared_ptr<ThreadPool> pool );
 
 	~ProjectBuildManager();
 
+	ProjectBuildCommandsRes
+	run( const std::string& buildName,
+		 std::function<String( const std::string& /*key*/, const String& /*defaultvalue*/ )> i18n,
+		 const std::string& buildType = "", const ProjectBuildProgressFn& progressFn = {},
+		 const ProjectBuildDoneFn& doneFn = {} );
+
 	ProjectBuildCommandsRes generateBuildCommands(
 		const std::string& buildName,
 		std::function<String( const std::string& /*key*/, const String& /*defaultvalue*/ )> i18n,
@@ -178,6 +188,8 @@ class ProjectBuildManager {
 
 	bool loading() const { return mLoading; }
 
+	bool isBuilding() const { return mBuilding; }
+
   protected:
 	std::string mProjectRoot;
 	std::string mProjectFile;
@@ -185,8 +197,13 @@ class ProjectBuildManager {
 	std::shared_ptr<ThreadPool> mThreadPool;
 	bool mLoaded{ false };
 	bool mLoading{ false };
+	bool mBuilding{ false };
 	bool mShuttingDown{ false };
 
+	void runBuild( const ProjectBuildCommandsRes& res,
+				   const ProjectBuildProgressFn& progressFn = {},
+				   const ProjectBuildDoneFn& doneFn = {} );
+
 	bool load();
 };
 
diff --git a/src/tools/ecode/statusterminalcontroller.cpp b/src/tools/ecode/statusterminalcontroller.cpp
index 2678270be..54582ca88 100644
--- a/src/tools/ecode/statusterminalcontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/ecode/statusterminalcontroller.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ void StatusTerminalController::show() {
 	if ( nullptr == mUITerminal ) {
 		mMainSplitter->updateLayout();
 		mUITerminal = createTerminal();
+		if ( !mUITerminal )
+			return;
 		mUITerminal->setId( "terminal" );
 		mUITerminal->setVisible( false );
 	}