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Description:
File-based build system

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: build-system developer-tools c c++ performance

Install: brew install tup

About:
Tup is a file-based build system that monitors changes to files and dependencies to update build targets efficiently. It uses a database to track file states, ensuring that only the necessary parts of a project are recompiled. This approach significantly speeds up build times for large codebases.

Key Features:

File-based dependency tracking
Minimal rebuilds on changes
Supports multiple compilers and tools
Cross-platform compatibility

Use Cases:

Large C/C++ projects requiring fast incremental builds
Complex build pipelines with many dependencies

Alternatives:

Make – Tup offers superior incremental build performance and automatic dependency detection
CMake – Tup focuses solely on build execution, while CMake is a build system generator

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Nov 20, 2022 2:59pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	4b08c3c6