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{{Infobox software
| name = ccache
| logo = 
| screenshot = 
| caption = 
| collapsible = 
| author = [[Andrew Tridgell]]
| developer = Joel Rosdahl<ref>{{cite web |title=ccache — Credits |url=https://ccache.dev/credits.html |website=ccache.dev |accessdate=2025-05-03}}</ref>
| released = {{Start date and age|2002|03|30}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://github.com/ccache/ccache/commit/2ddc45e8a6fdb766423b874c76b6840104ac2d74 | title=Released 1.0 · ccache/Ccache@2ddc45e | website=[[GitHub]] }}</ref>
| discontinued = 
| latest release version = 4.11.3
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|5|3}}<ref>{{cite web |title=ccache news |url=https://ccache.dev/releasenotes.html#_ccache_4_11_3 |website=ccache.dev |accessdate=2025-05-03}}</ref>
| programming language = [[C++ (programming language)|C++]]
| operating system = [[Unix-like]], Windows
| platform = [[Cross-platform]]
| size = 
| language = 
| genre = [[Compiling tools]]
| license = [[GPL#Version 3|GPLv3]]<ref>{{cite web |title=ccache copyright and license |url=https://ccache.dev/license.html |website=ccache.dev |accessdate=2025-05-03}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|ccache.dev}}
}}
'''Ccache''' is a [[software development]] tool that [[Cache (computing)|caches]] [[compiler|compilations]] so that the next time, the same compilation can be avoided and the results can be taken from the cache. This can greatly speed up recompilation time. The detection is done by [[Fingerprint (computing)|hashing]] different kinds of information that should be unique for the compilation and then using the hash sum to identify the cached output. Ccache is licensed under the [[GNU General Public License]].

== See also ==

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* [[distcc]]

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{Official website|https://ccache.dev}}

[[Category:C (programming language) compilers]]
[[Category:Compiling tools]]
[[Category:Cache (computing)]]


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