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Bazel is an open-source build system that builds and tests multi-language, multi-platform software with fast incremental builds, caching, and parallel execution. It supports languages like Java, C++, Go, Android, and iOS on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and is extensible through an extension language and community-supported rules. It is trusted by companies such as Google, Stripe, and Dropbox and scales from small teams to large enterprises.
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Bazel — Best for massive, polyglot (multi-language like C++, Go, Java, Python, TS) enterprise codebases at Google-scale.

Bazel — Best for massive, polyglot enterprise codebases (C++, Go, Rust, Java, Python) at Google-scale.