CPM VS Vcpkg

CPM

A C++ Package Manager based on CMake and Git.

Vcpkg

C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and macOS

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2023-08-23

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2023-08-23

Categories	Package Manager Front End Package Manager Developer Tools Kids
Website	github.com
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Categories	Package Manager Windows Tools Front End Package Manager Developer Tools
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Category Popularity

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Vcpkg

Front End Package Manager

35 35%

Front End Package Manager

65% 65

Package Manager

34 34%

Package Manager

66% 66

Developer Tools

40 40%

Developer Tools

60% 60

Kids

100 100%

Kids

0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Vcpkg seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 23 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

CPM mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of CPM yet. Tracking of CPM recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Vcpkg mentions (23)

Ideas for project in C++ language use object-oriented programming
Plenty of raw information should be available here, the actual vcpkg repo: https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg. Source: about 1 year ago
Why isn't there a Central C/C++ repository for distributions?
Actually, there is: C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS. Source: about 1 year ago
Cleanup my dependency management with vcpkg
The installation is described in the readme of vcpkg on github and is straightforward: clone the project, execute the installation script and you are ready to go! - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago
Transitioning from Java to C++
You didn't ask about this, but I think its worth mentioning Conan and vcpkg. Of the two I have found vcpkg easier to work with, but both can be good solutions. Combining one of these package managers with CMake presets can make getting a project setup on a new machine almost trivial (great for CI or onboarding new devs). Source: over 1 year ago
C++ Show and Tell - December 2022
Over the past few weeks, I have been working on a new vcpkg online explorer: https://vcpkg.link. Source: over 1 year ago