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# Goma
> Goma is a distributed compiler service for open-source projects such as
> Chromium and Android.
Electron has a deployment of a custom Goma Backend that we make available to
all Electron Maintainers. See the [Access](#access) section below for details
on authentication.
## Enabling Goma
Currently Electron Goma supports both Windows and Linux, we may add macOS
support at some point in the future. If you are on a supported platform
you can enable goma by importing the `goma.gn` config file when using `gn`.
```bash
gn gen out/Testing --args="import(\"//electron/build/args/testing.gn\") import(\"//electron/build/args/goma.gn\")"
```
You must ensure that you do not have `cc_wrapper` configured, this means you
can't use `sccache` or similar technology.
Before you can use goma to build Electron you need to authenticate against
the Goma service. You only need to do this once per-machine.
```bash
cd electron/external_binaries/goma
goma_auth.py login
```
Once authenticated you need to make sure the goma daemon is running on your
machine.
```bash
cd electron/external_binaries/goma
goma_ctl.py ensure_start
```
## Building with Goma
When you are using Goma you can run `ninja` with a substantially higher `j`
value than would normally be supported by your machine. Please do not set
a value higher than **300**, we monitor the goma system and users found to
be abusing it with unreasonable concurrency will be de-activated.
```bash
ninja -C out/Testing electron -j 200
```
## Monitoring Goma
If you access [http://localhost:8088](http://localhost:8088) on your local
machine you can monitor compile jobs as they flow through the goma system.
## Access
For security and cost reasons access to Electron Goma is currently restricted
to Electron Maintainers. If you want access please head to `#access-requests` in
Slack and ping `@goma-squad` to ask for access. Please be aware that being a
maintainer does not *automatically* grant access and access is determined on a
case by case basis.