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The Meson Build System Documentation

Meson aims to provide an optimal syntax and implementation for a next-generation build system.

Meson documentation

• Quick guide
• A simple tutorial
• A more in-depth tutorial
• Manual
• Reference manual
• Module reference
• Reproducible builds
• FAQ
• How do I do X in Meson
• Mailing list

Wrap documentation

• Wrap dependency system manual
• Using the Wrap database
• Using wraptool
• Adding new projects to wrapdb
• Shipping prebuilt binaries as wraps
• Wrap best practices and tips

Additional documentation

• Release notes
• Continuous Integration with Travis and Appveyor
• Conference presentations
• List of projects using Meson
• Porting from autotools
• Original design rationale
• Design rationale for the Wrap dependency system
• Use of Python
• Release procedure
• Comparison to other build system
• Using multiple build directories
• Screencast of basic features
• Performance comparison
• Trial conversions for existing projects
• In the press
• Contact information