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# The Meson Build system
## Overview
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Meson is an open source build system meant to be both extremely fast,
and, even more importantly, as user friendly as possible.
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The main design point of Meson is that every moment a developer spends
writing or debugging build definitions is a second wasted. So is every
second spent waiting for the build system to actually start compiling
code.
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## Features
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* multiplatform support for Linux, macOS, Windows, GCC, Clang, Visual Studio and others
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* supported languages include C, C++, D, Fortran, Java, Rust
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* build definitions in a very readable and user friendly non-Turing complete DSL
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* cross compilation for many operating systems as well as bare metal
* optimized for extremely fast full and incremental builds without sacrificing correctness
* built-in multiplatform dependency provider that works together with distro packages
* fun!
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## Quickstart for beginners
Are you an absolute beginner when it comes to programming? No worries,
read [this beginner guide](SimpleStart.md) to get started.
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## Community
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There are two main methods of connecting with other Meson
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developers. The easiest way for most people is a web chat. The channel
to use is `#mesonbuild` either via Matrix ([web
interface](https://element.io)) or [OFTC IRC](https://www.oftc.net/).
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The second one is the mailing list, which is hosted at
[Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mesonbuild).
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### [Projects using Meson](Users.md)
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Many projects are using Meson and they're
a great resource for learning what to (and what not to!) do when
converting existing projects to Meson.
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[A short list of Meson users can be found here](Users.md)
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but there are many more. We would love to hear about your success
stories too and how things could be improved too!
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## Development
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All development on Meson is done on the [GitHub
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project](https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson). Instructions for
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contributing can be found on the [contribution page](Contributing.md).
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You do not need to sign a CLA to contribute to Meson.