gittup/tup

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1262 stars · 146 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Tup is a file-based build system that takes a list of file changes and a directed acyclic graph (DAG) of dependencies, then executes only the commands needed to update dependent files. Written in C and running on Linux, macOS, and Windows, it uses specialized build algorithms to keep incremental rebuild overhead extremely low.

Use cases

• incremental build system that only rebuilds what changed
• faster alternative to make for large projects
• automatically detect and track file dependencies in builds
• rebuild outputs when source files change
• cross-platform build tool for linux, osx, and windows
• manage build steps as a DAG of commands

When to choose

• You want very fast incremental rebuilds that avoid unnecessary work
• Your project benefits from automatic dependency discovery via filesystem monitoring rather than manually declared rules
• You need one build system that works consistently on Linux, macOS, and Windows

When to avoid

• You need a build tool with a large ecosystem, extensive IDE integration, or many third-party plugins
• Your team is already invested in Make/CMake conventions and existing build scripts
• On macOS you cannot install or manage the required FUSE implementation

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

build-tool cli developer-tools developer-tools windows cli build-system incremental-build dag dependency-tracking make-alternative fuse c filesystem-monitoring command-line automation algorithms linux macos

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