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Use this command to install Bazel:
winget install --id=Bazel.Bazel -e

a fast, scalable, multi-language and extensible build system

Bazel is a fast, scalable, multi-language build system designed to simplify and accelerate software development workflows. It enables developers to compile, test, and package code efficiently across various programming languages, making it an essential tool for modern DevOps pipelines.

Key Features:

  • Cross-platform support: Bazel works seamlessly across Linux, macOS, and Windows, ensuring consistent builds regardless of the environment.
  • High scalability: Built to handle large-scale projects with millions of source files, Bazel optimizes performance even in complex build scenarios.
  • Extensibility: Supports custom rules and plugins, allowing teams to integrate Bazel into existing workflows or extend its functionality for specific needs.
  • Efficient incremental builds: Leverages up-to-date checking to minimize redundant work, significantly speeding up iterative development cycles.
  • Integration with Bazel Remote Execution (BREE): Enables distributed build execution across multiple machines, further enhancing scalability and performance.

Audience & Benefit: Ideal for software engineers, DevOps teams, and organizations building large-scale applications. Bazel streamlines the development process by reducing build times, improving consistency, and supporting multi-language projects. By automating complex workflows, it empowers teams to deliver high-quality software faster and with greater reliability.

Bazel can be installed via winget, making it easy to integrate into your development environment.

README

Bazel

{Fast, Correct} - Choose two

Build and test software of any size, quickly and reliably.

  • Speed up your builds and tests: Bazel rebuilds only what is necessary. With advanced local and distributed caching, optimized dependency analysis and parallel execution, you get fast and incremental builds.

  • One tool, multiple languages: Build and test Java, C++, Android, iOS, Go, and a wide variety of other language platforms. Bazel runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

  • Scalable: Bazel helps you scale your organization, codebase, and continuous integration solution. It handles codebases of any size, in multiple repositories or a huge monorepo.

  • Extensible to your needs: Easily add support for new languages and platforms with Bazel's familiar extension language. Share and re-use language rules written by the growing Bazel community.

Getting Started

Documentation

Reporting a Vulnerability

To report a security issue, please email security@bazel.build with a description of the issue, the steps you took to create the issue, affected versions, and, if known, mitigations for the issue. Our vulnerability management team will respond within 3 working days of your email. If the issue is confirmed as a vulnerability, we will open a Security Advisory. This project follows a 90 day disclosure timeline.

Contributing to Bazel

See CONTRIBUTING.md

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