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# The Meson Build system
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## Overview
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Meson is an open source build system meant to be both extremely fast,
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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
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writing or debugging build definitions is a second wasted. So is every
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second spent waiting for the build system to actually start compiling
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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
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* optimized for extremely fast full and incremental builds without sacrificing correctness
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* built-in multiplatform dependency provider that works together with distro packages
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* fun!
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## Quickstart for beginners
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Are you an absolute beginner when it comes to programming? No worries,
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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
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to use is `#mesonbuild` either via Matrix ([web
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interface](https://app.element.io/#/room/#mesonbuild:matrix.org)) or
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[OFTC IRC](https://www.oftc.net/).
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The second one is the mailing list, which is hosted at
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[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
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a great resource for learning what to (and what not to!) do when
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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
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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.
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