Compilation directions are missing

[notorand-it]

I'd expect a make file or a file documenting how to compile what...

[websnarf]

I have written a few words about this in the documentation. It's just a library, so you compile the .c files you need (always including bstrlib.c) and link it to your application as is normal. Or you can put it into your own library archive, etc, etc. I don't specify any limits on this.