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brew install ninja v1.13.2 Apache-2.0

Fast, small build system designed to work with CMake and Gyp, written in C++.

Why you might care

Ninja is significantly faster than Make for incremental builds due to its optimized design for build parallelism and minimal overhead. It's the default backend for CMake on many platforms and is essential for projects using Gyp (V8, Chromium). Use Ninja when you need blazing-fast rebuilds or when CMake recommends it.

Categories

build-system

Alternatives

make cmake meson
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30-day installs · #142
150.4k
90-day · #138
548.3k
365-day · #136

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