Command-line tool

ninja

brew/ninja

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Small build system for use with gyp or CMake

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id Ninja-build.Ninja -e
scoop install ninja-kitware
scoop install ninja

macOS

brew install ninja

Linux

brew install ninja

Build in the current directory

ninja

Build in the current directory, executing 4 [j]obs at a time in parallel

ninja -j 4

Build a program in a given directory

ninja -C path/to/directory

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