FetchBoostContent
CMake FetchContent for Boost libraries (by alandefreitas)
boostdep
A tool to create Boost module dependency reports (by boostorg)
| FetchBoostContent | boostdep | |
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| 2 | 3 | |
| 10 | 10 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 3.4 | |
| almost 2 years ago | 17 days ago | |
| CMake | C++ | |
| Boost Software License 1.0 | - |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
FetchBoostContent
Posts with mentions or reviews of FetchBoostContent.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-10.
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Boost.URL ACCEPTED, get the beta now!
c) If you are concerned that you won't be able to do that from CMake, like with FetchContent or something, then there are scripts that can do that for you. Or you can use boostdep to bundle the subset of boost you need with your library.
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New Boost.Unordered containers have BIG improvements!
You can fetch it with only the individual header-only modules on which it depends with https://github.com/alandefreitas/FetchBoostContent
boostdep
Posts with mentions or reviews of boostdep.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-10.
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Boost.URL ACCEPTED, get the beta now!
b) If you're concerned about having to download all boost libraries in an environment where this is costly you can download only the subset of headers Boost.URL needs with boostdep. That's how boost libraries are tested in CI, by the way.
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New Boost.Unordered containers have BIG improvements!
If you just want to download the modules you need straight away, then you also use this script
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Boost v1.79.0 released
If what you want is avoid downloading all the files, then there’s that: https://github.com/boostorg/boostdep/blob/develop/depinst/depinst.py
What are some alternatives?
When comparing FetchBoostContent and boostdep you can also consider the following projects:
unordered - Boost.org unordered module
kelcoro - C++20 coroutine library
cmake-examples - Useful CMake Examples
boost - cmake based plugable static compiled boost library
CPM.cmake - 📦 CMake's missing package manager. A small CMake script for setup-free, cross-platform, reproducible dependency management.
Vcpkg - C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS
parallel-hashmap - A family of header-only, very fast and memory-friendly hashmap and btree containers.
Elements C++ GUI library - Elements C++ GUI library