Bazel is a multi-language, hermetic build system developed primarily by Google. The codebase serves as both the build tool itself (a C++ client communicating with a Java server) and the infrastructure for writing build rules in Starlark, a Python-like DSL. It implements a unique incremental build engine (Skyframe) that caches all intermediate states for correctness and speed, and supports remote caching and execution. The repository contains the full stack: command-line option parsing, Starlark interpreter and compiler, process sandboxing and wrapping, test runners (JUnit4 with coverage), jar merging, and platform-specific native code for Linux, macOS, and Windows. The architecture is split into a thin C++ client (handling startup, workspace discovery, and communication with the server) and a heavy Java server that performs all build analysis and execution. Key modules include the Starlark runtime (net.starlark.java.eval) which is an embeddable dynamic language with type checking, and the options framework (com.google.devtools.common.options) which provides annotation-driven, extensible command-line parsing. The repository is self-hosting: builds of Bazel are built with Bazel itself, using a bootstrap script. It maintains an extensive test suite across shell, Java, C++, and Python, and has active CI pipelines for multiple platforms and configurations.