Command-line tool

meson

brew/meson

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Fast and user friendly build system foss open-source build-system meson ninja

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id mesonbuild.meson -e
scoop install meson

macOS

brew install meson

Generate a project with default values

meson init

Generate a C project with a given name and version

meson init -l c -n myproject --version 0.1

Configure a directory named `build` with default values for compilation

meson build

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