Fastbuild
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FastBuild claims to cut compile time by using parallel compilation, an optional object cache and unity/block builds, and it runs as a distributed worker process to farm work over a LAN. The tool is a single 609 kilobyte executable with no external deps, understands GCC/Clang/MSVC and consoles, generates Visual Studio projects and supports PCH. It emits HTML output per object file with timing so slow translation units are visible and the example builds a HelloWorld executable successfully.
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