fastbuild/fastbuild

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FASTBuild is a high-performance open-source build system for Windows, macOS, and Linux, focused on minimizing compile times for full builds and local iteration. It supports object caching and distributed network compilation across a wide range of compilers and target architectures.

Use cases

• speed up large C++ project builds
• distribute compilation across network machines
• cache build objects to avoid recompilation
• build games on Windows, OSX and Linux
• reduce iteration compile times for game studios

When to choose

• you have large C/C++ codebases with slow compile times
• you want distributed builds and object caching without expensive tooling
• you are a game studio or team needing fast full and incremental builds

When to avoid

• you need a general-purpose build tool with a large plugin ecosystem
• your project relies on build-system features like complex dependency graphs outside C/C++ compilation
• you require AI-assisted contribution workflows (the project bans LLM-generated code)

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

build-tool caching compiler developer-tools performance windows cpp cli distributed-compilation build-cache game-development c-plus-plus macos linux

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