Supported platforms, compilers and languages
This page collects information on platforms (operating systems), compilers and source code languages that are supported by the latest released ccache version, currently 4.9.1. The information below aims to be correct, but new versions of e.g. an OS or a compiler may introduce new behavior that breaks some of ccache's assumptions.
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Support levels
| Level | Description |
|---|---|
| A | Supported. Built and tested regularly and before new releases. High attention to bug reports. |
| B | Probably works, may work or is partially supported. Not part of the test procedure before a new release. Bug fixing and testing largely depend on contributions from the community. |
| C | Not supported. |
Run-time support (i.e., using ccache)
Platforms
| Level | Platform | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| A | Linux (GNU/Linux) | Regularly tested on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04. |
| A | macOS (OS X) | Regularly tested on macOS 11 and 12. |
| B | Other Unix-like platforms | See also the ccache page on Repology. |
| B | Windows with MSYS2 | |
| B | Windows native | Regularly built with Mingw-w64 but not regularly tested. However, it seems to work quite well in practice according to users. |
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Compilers
| Level | Compiler | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| A | GCC | |
| A | Clang | See separate entry for clang-cl below. |
| A | NVCC (Nvidia CUDA compiler) | |
| B | Intel C++ compiler (ICC/ICPC) | |
| B | Other GCC-like compilers | |
| B | Some EDG-based compilers, e.g. GHS (Green Hills) | |
| B | clang-cl (MSVC compatibility for Clang) | |
| B | MSVC (Microsoft Visual C++) | |
| C | ISPC (Intel Implicit SPMD Program Compiler) | |
| C | TASKING VX-toolset for TriCore (ctc, cctc) |
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Source code languages
| Level | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| A | Assembler (.s, .sx, .S) |
.sx and .S are assembler with a C preprocessor
pass.
|
| A | C (.c) |
|
| A | C header (.h) |
For precompilation. |
| A | C preprocessed (.i) |
|
| A |
C++
(.cc, .cpp, .cp, .cxx,
.c++, .C)
|
Also uppercase variants of extensions. |
| A |
C++ header
(.hh, .hpp, .hp, .hxx,
.h++, .H)
|
For precompilation. Also uppercase variants of extensions. |
| A |
C++ preprocessed
(.ii)
|
|
| A |
CUDA
(.cu)
|
|
| B | Objective-C (.m) |
|
| B | Objective-C preprocessed (.mi) |
|
| B | Objective-C++ (.mm, .M) |
|
| B | Objective-C++ preprocessed (.mii) |
|
| C |
CUDA header
(.cuh)
|
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Build-time support (i.e., building ccache itself)
Platforms
| Level | Platform | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| A | Linux (GNU/Linux) | Regularly tested on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04. |
| A | macOS (OS X) | Regularly tested on macOS 11 and 12. |
| B | Other Unix-like platforms | See also the ccache page on Repology. |
| B | Windows with MSYS2 | |
| B | Windows native with Mingw-w64 | Regularly built. |
| C | Windows native with MSVC (Microsoft Visual C++) |
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Compilers
| Level | Compiler | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| A | GCC | GCC 8+ |
| A | Clang | Clang 9+ |
| B | Other C++17 compilers on Unix-like systems | |
| C | MSVC (Microsoft Visual C++) |
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