# Cmake parallel build

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-parallel-build/1838
**Category:** Code
**Created:** [September 14, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-parallel-build/1838 "2020-09-14T12:46:12Z")
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### Author: ![fdk17](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@fdk17](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/fdk17)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-parallel-build/1838/4 "2020-09-14T14:56:24Z")

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It may be that using `cmake --build . -j` is sufficient for the level of parallelism you are looking for.

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