# Control build parallelism within ExternalProject\_Add

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/control-build-parallelism-within-externalproject-add/5864
**Category:** Code
**Created:** [June 14, 2022, 9:59am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/control-build-parallelism-within-externalproject-add/5864 "2022-06-14T09:59:02Z")
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### Author: ![craig.scott](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/craig.scott/32/20_2.png) [@craig.scott](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/craig.scott)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/control-build-parallelism-within-externalproject-add/5864/4 "2022-06-14T23:07:40Z")

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See also [Efficiency issues with ExternalProject sub-builds under Ninja](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/efficiency-issues-with-externalproject-sub-builds-under-ninja/3241)

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