Build Acceleration

Incredibuild reuses cached outputs from previous builds and runs new work in parallel across your own machines - faster builds, same workflow. Best for large C/C++, Unreal, and embedded projects. Log in to app.incredibuild.com and click Accelerate Builds in the Getting started page, then choose your platform:

Windows
Linux
Mac

Install Incredibuild

Click Download free trial, then run the installer.

Run your first build

Run the same build twice, triggered the same way both times - the first run fills the cache, the second reuses it so only changed tasks rebuild.

Visual Studio IDE
Visual Studio CMD
Make / Ninja

Extensions → Incredibuild → Rebuild Solution

BuildConsole <solution> /cfg=<configuration> /rebuild /openmonitor

BuildConsole /command="<your make/ninja command>" /openmonitor

Distribute across helper agents (optional)

Open Advanced acceleration → Add helper agents, copy the generated command, and run it on each machine you want to contribute compute:

curl -k -o "%temp%\silent-installer.exe" "https://<your-coordinator>:8000/setup/silent-installer" && start /wait "" "%temp%\silent-installer.exe" /silent_installer /install /COORDINATOR=<your-coordinator> /COMPONENTS=[Agent]

Install Incredibuild

Click Download free trial. Then, on your Linux machine:

Copy the downloaded install_incredibuild.sh to the machine.
Make it executable and run it as root:

chmod +x install_incredibuild.sh && sudo ./install_incredibuild.sh

To use a custom install directory, pass it as an argument, e.g.:

sudo ./install_incredibuild.sh /custom/path

Run your first build

Run the same build twice, triggered the same way both times. No changes to your source or build scripts - just prefix your normal build command with ib_console:

Make
CMake

ib_console make -j 100

ib_console cmake --build . -j 100

-j sets the max concurrent tasks - about 20% above your grid’s core count.

Distribute across helper agents (optional)

Open Advanced acceleration → Add helper agents, copy the generated command, and run it on each machine you want to contribute compute:

IB_INSTALLER=$(mktemp --suffix=.run) && curl -fSL -o "$IB_INSTALLER" 'https://downloads.incredibuild.com/incredibuild_4.29.1.run' && chmod +x "$IB_INSTALLER" && sudo "$IB_INSTALLER" --action install --initiator enabled --helper enabled --data-dir '/incredibuild/' --coordinator-machine '<your-coordinator>'

Review timings and cache hit rate for each run on the Builds page.

What’s next

Manage your grid

Adjust grid and agent settings from the Incredibuild Console.

Builds & analytics

Track build times and cache performance.

Getting Started

Manage your grids

Observability

Account

What’s next

Manage your grid

Builds & analytics

​What’s next

Manage your grid

Builds & analytics

What’s next