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Installing Bazel

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This page describes the various platforms supported by Bazel and links to the packages for more details.

Bazelisk is the recommended way to install Bazel on Ubuntu Linux, macOS, and Windows.

You can find available Bazel releases on our release page.

Community-supported packages

Bazel community members maintain these packages. The Bazel team doesn't officially support them. Contact the package maintainers for support.

For other platforms, you can try to compile from source.

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Last updated 2026-02-26 UTC.