Meson Build System

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An extremely fast, user-friendly open source build system

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/ About /

Meson is an open source build system designed to be fast and easy to use for software developers. It supports multiple platforms and languages including C, C++, Rust, Java, and others, with build definitions written in a readable, non-Turing-complete DSL. Meson emphasizes fast full and incremental builds, cross-compilation support, and a built-in multiplatform dependency provider.

/ How it works /

Meson uses a simple, readable DSL for build definitions and is optimized internally for extremely fast full and incremental builds across multiple platforms and languages.

/ Who it's for /

software developers working on multi-platform projects

/ More info /

Background.

Status
launched
Business model
open-source
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