# Performance

URL: /docs/building/performance/
Section: performance

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Optimize Build Performance Speed up Bengal with incremental builds, parallel processing, and smart caching. Do I Need This? Note Note Skip this if: Your site builds in under 10 seconds. Read this if: You have 500+ pages or builds feel slow. Quick Wins 1 2 3 4 5# bengal.toml [build] parallel = true incremental = true cache = true These three settings handle most performance needs automatically. How Builds Get Faster flowchart LR A[Change file.md] --> B{Changed?} B -->|Yes| C[Rebuild page] B -->|No| D[Skip] C --> E[Cache result] D --> F[Use cached] E --> G[Output] F --> G Performance Strategies Strategy Effort Speedup Best For Incremental Zero 10-50x Development Parallel Zero 2-8x Large sites Caching Zero 5-20x Repeated builds Content splitting Medium Variable Very large sites Common Commands 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8# Force full rebuild bengal build --no-incremental # Clear all caches bengal clean --cache # Profile build time bengal build --profile Tip Tip Development workflow: Keep bengal serve running — it uses all optimizations automatically. Full builds are only needed for production.

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