---
name: "mesonintrospect"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "meson"
version: "0.37.1-1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mesonintrospect"
---

# mesonintrospect(1)

a tool to extract information about a Meson build

## NAME

mesonintrospect - a tool to extract information about a Meson build

## DESCRIPTION

Mesonintrospect is a tool designed to make it simple to  integrate with other tools, such as IDEs. The output of this command is in JSON.

**mesonintrospect \[** *build directory* **\] \[** *option* **\]**

If build directory is omitted, the current directory is used instead.

### options:

- **--targets**

  print all top level targets (executables, libraries, etc)

- **--target-files**

  print the source files of the given target

- **--buildsystem-files**

  print all files that make up the build system (meson.build, meson\_options.txt etc)

- **--tests**

  print all unit tests

- **--help**

  print command line help

## SEE ALSO

http://mesonbuild.com/