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xPack Ninja Build v1.13.1-1 released

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Liviu Ionescu (ilg)
Liviu Ionescu (ilg)

Version 1.13.1-1.1 is a new release; it follows the upstream release.

The xPack Ninja Build is a standalone cross-platform binary distribution of Ninja Build.

There are separate binaries for Windows (x64), macOS (x64 and arm64) and GNU/Linux (x64 and arm64).

Raspberry Pi

The main targets for the GNU/Linux Arm binaries are the Raspberry Pi class devices (aarch64 only; armv6 and armv7l are no longer supported).

Download​

The binary files can be downloaded automatically with xpm or manually from GitHub Releases.

Prerequisites​

  • x64 Windows: Windows 7 with the Universal C Runtime (UCRT), Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11
  • x64 macOS: 11.0 or later
  • arm64 macOS: 11.0 or later
  • x64 GNU/Linux: any system with GLIBC 2.28 or higher (like Ubuntu 20 or later, Debian 10 or later, RedHat 8 or later, Fedora 29 or later, etc)
  • arm64 GNU/Linux: any system with GLIBC 2.28 or higher (like Raspberry Pi OS, Ubuntu 20 or later, Debian 10 or later, RedHat 8 or later, Fedora 29 or later, etc)

Install​

The easiest way to install this specific version, is by using xpm:

xpm install @xpack-dev-tools/ninja-build@1.13.1-1.1 -verbose

Comprehensive instructions for installing xPack Ninja Build on different platforms can be found in the Install Guide.

Compliance​

The xPack Ninja Build is based on the official Ninja Build sources.

The current version is based on:

  • Ninja Build version 1.13.1 from 10 Jul 2025.

Changes​

Compared to the upstream, there are no functional changes.

note

The patch used in previous releases to enforce spawning scripts via cmd.exe /c was removed.

Bug fixes​

  • none

Enhancements​

  • none

Known problems​

  • none

Documentation​

The original documentation is available from the project web site:

Build​

The binaries for all supported platforms (Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux) were built using the xPack Build Box (XBB), a set of build environments based on slightly older distributions, that should be compatible with most recent systems.

For the prerequisites and more details on the build procedure, please see the Maintainer Info page.

CI tests​

Before publishing, a set of simple tests were performed on an exhaustive set of platforms. The results are available from:

Tests​

TBD

Checksums​

The SHA-256 hashes for the files are:

9a84d173c87d2666a4410fdfdd99e2ef8ea349ab036b27f9c691ce8b9273cdb8
xpack-ninja-build-1.13.1-1-darwin-arm64.tar.gz

09283520150f73da15afa7e20aa92bf72361614c352719c12228e9c226f14407
xpack-ninja-build-1.13.1-1-darwin-x64.tar.gz

8a464d98e8845bbde0dfe04b170983bceba69cc00c3904940ab7cf3f3e7d295e
xpack-ninja-build-1.13.1-1-linux-arm64.tar.gz

e48e5ff6e3db4844670b74a7adc1270d8bc1dc661e2a36a134daa199a9b07c10
xpack-ninja-build-1.13.1-1-linux-x64.tar.gz

e14c3879dc5d6d4d69e89da5e8c9f3e7ca2c37194283631e56f6b3d90cad7af4
xpack-ninja-build-1.13.1-1-win32-x64.zip

Folders hierarchy​

After install, the package creates a hierarchy of folders like the following (only the first two depth levels are shown):

C:> tree /f %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\xPacks\@{{packageScope}}\{{packageName}}\1.13.1-1.1\.content
Folder PATH listing
Volume serial number is B02D-925C
├── README.md
├── bin
│   └── ninja.exe
└── distro-info
  └── licenses

3 directories, 2 files

Deprecation notices​

GNU/Linux minimum requirements​

The minimum requirement is GLIBC 2.28, available starting with Ubuntu 20, Debian 10 and RedHat 8. Support for RedHat 7 was dropped in 2022. Support for Ubuntu 18 was dropped in 2025.

32-bit support​

Support for 32-bit x64 GNU/Linux and x64 Windows was dropped in 2022 and for 32-bit Arm GNU/Linux in 2025.

Pre-deprecation notice for x64 macOS​

Apple has discontinued support for the x64 (Intel) architecture. GitHub will no longer support this architecture on macOS after the macOS 15 runner image is retired in November 2027; building and testing x64 macOS binaries will become more difficult, requiring a self-hosted runner, and cannot be guaranteed in the long term.

You should begin migrating your projects to arm64-based (Apple Silicon) binaries to prepare for this possible deprecation.

Analytics​

Credit to Shields IO for the badges and to Somsubhra/github-release-stats for the individual file counters.