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Premake vs Bazel: catalog facts
Premake	Bazel
Free Free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
One script generates project files for many toolsets Readable Lua-based syntax	Rebuilds only what changed, with local and distributed caching One tool for many languages and platforms
Generates project files rather than building directly Smaller ecosystem than CMake	Build files and rules take time to learn Adds overhead that small single-language projects may not need
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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