# How to speed up create julia sysimage?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-speed-up-create-julia-sysimage/70618>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** sysimage\
**Created:** [October 29, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-speed-up-create-julia-sysimage/70618 "2021-10-29T12:29:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ravinder\_Ram](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ravinder_ram/32/14617_2.png) [@Ravinder\_Ram](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ravinder_Ram)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-speed-up-create-julia-sysimage/70618/1 "2021-10-29T12:29:14Z")

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I’m creating julia sysimage it taking more than 15 min?

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**Author:** ![jling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jling/32/212909_2.png) [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-speed-up-create-julia-sysimage/70618/2 "2021-10-29T12:35:35Z")

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> [@Ravinder\_Ram](#):
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> it taking more than 15 min?

yes, unfortunately this is how long it takes now.

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**Author:** ![mcreel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mcreel/32/30088_2.png) [@mcreel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mcreel)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-speed-up-create-julia-sysimage/70618/3 "2021-10-29T18:02:06Z")

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I built an image with 1.7rc2 in less than 10 minutes, for a project with quite a few dependencies. I think the time was about the same with 1.6.3, but I haven’t measured it. That seemed pretty fast to me, considering how snappy the image is when I use it.