BuildGrid vs Ccache
BuildGrid
buildgrid.buildCcache
ccache.devSide by side
| Figure | BuildGrid | Ccache |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Build Cache Software | 7.4 (#18) | 8.4 (#3) |
| Purpose | BuildGrid is a remote execution and caching service that implements Google’s Remote Execution API and Remote Workers API. | Ccache speeds up recompilation by caching previous compilations and reusing results when the same compilation is repeated. |
| Support | The project documentation points users to a BuildTeamWorld Slack channel and GitLab bug tracking. | The site directs users to its bug report page, issue tracker, discussions, and mailing list. |
Plans
In their own words
BuildGrid
BuildGrid has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Ccache
Ccache is a build tool that can reduce repeated compilation work by storing prior results and recognizing when a single-file compilation recurs. It supports compilers such as GCC, Clang and MSVC, and languages including C, C++, assembler, CUDA, Objective-C and Objective-C++, with support varying by compiler and language. Runtime support includes Linux, macOS and native Windows at support level A, and Windows with MSYS2 and other Unix-like platforms at level B. Direct and depend modes can avoid running the preprocessor. Remote caching is possible through adaptable storage backends, with listed helpers for HTTP, HTTPS and Redis protocols. Ccache records cache hit and miss statistics, manages cache size, supports Zstandard compression, and uses BLAKE3 and XXH3 in its hashing and corruption checks. It works with Make, CMake, Ninja and Visual Studio. It is free software under the GNU GPL version 3 or later. Its scope has limits: multi-file compilation, linking and compilations with unsupported flags fall back to the real compiler. The project also cautions that cache misses add overhead and recommends measuring typical workloads.