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# mold: A Modern Linker

<i>This repository contains a free version of the mold linker.
If you are looking for a commercial version that supports macOS
please visit the
[repository of the sold linker](https://github.com/bluewhalesystems/sold).</i>

mold is a faster drop-in replacement for existing Unix linkers. It is several
times quicker than the LLVM lld linker, the second-fastest open-source linker,
which I initially developed a few years ago. mold aims to enhance developer
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| Chromium 124 (1.35 GiB) | N/A | 27.40s | 6.10s | 1.52s

mold is so fast that it is only 2x _slower_ than the `cp` command on the same
machine. If you find that mold is not faster than other linkers, please feel
machine. If you find that mold is not faster than other linkers, feel
free to [file a bug report](https://github.com/rui314/mold/issues).

mold supports x86-64, i386, ARM64, ARM32, 64-bit/32-bit little/big-endian
RISC-V, 32-bit PowerPC, 64-bit big-endian PowerPC ELFv1, 64-bit little-endian
PowerPC ELFv2, s390x, 64-bit/32-bit LoongArch, SPARC64, m68k, SH-4, and DEC
Alpha.

mold/macOS is commercial software. For mold/macOS, please visit
https://github.com/bluewhalesystems/sold.

## Why does linking speed matter?

If you are using a compiled language such as C, C++, or Rust, a build consists
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