On the recordRead 9 Oct 202613 facts
Tup
Plans and prices
Tup (GPL-v2)
Free
Use and distribute under GPL-v2
Read 9 Oct 2026 · gittup.org
Commercial license
Priced on request
For including Tup in a larger work when GPL terms are not feasible
Read 9 Oct 2026 · gittup.org
On the record
- Build cleanup
- Tup automatically cleans up old files.gittup.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- Build configuration
- Users describe how to build a program in one or more Tupfiles because Tup has no domain-specific knowledge.gittup.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- Build variants
- Tup can create variant directories from configuration files, with the configuration linked or copied into each directory.gittup.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- CI use
- Tup can generate a shell or Windows batch script to build without running inside a Tup environment; the generated script does not support incremental builds.gittup.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- File monitoring
- The inotify-based file monitor is Linux only and can update the Tup database as file changes occur.gittup.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- Incremental builds
- Tup uses build algorithms to avoid unnecessary work and update projects with little overhead.gittup.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- License
- Tup is dual-licensed under GPL-v2 or a commercial license whose terms are negotiated case by case.gittup.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- Parallel safety
- Tup detects when a build description is not parallel-safe and reports it.gittup.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Tup is a file-based build system that processes file changes and a dependency graph to run commands needed to update dependent files.gittup.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- Release history
- The release directory lists Tup 0.8 dated 2024-03-31 as its newest listed release.gittup.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The public mailing list is free for open-source and commercial projects, while private email support is offered free for open-source projects.gittup.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- Tooling integration
- Tup can generate compile_commands.json for third-party tools that use the JSON compilation database format.gittup.org · read 9 Oct 2026
