Why is it that package managers are unnecessarily hard?

• xmake

  167 9,913 9.9 Lua

  🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua

  

  Give https://xmake.io a try, it really changed my life as a C++ developer by removing the need to worry about dependencies, and much simpler/friendlier syntax for project description too.

• SaaSHub

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  SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

  

• Vcpkg

  147 22,970 10.0 CMake

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

  

  Since it is recommended to have vcpkg as a submodule (see https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg), you should be able to use a relative path. This enable you to have different versions of vcpkg across different projects while keeping it sync with your repository.

• CPM.cmake

  40 2,941 5.8 CMake

  📦 CMake's missing package manager. A small CMake script for setup-free, cross-platform, reproducible dependency management.

  

  Fwiw, CPM is a CMake module that wraps FetchContent and adds an optional global cache. It's become my preferred way to manage dependencies in personal projects.

• Kalman

  12 45 8.7 C++

  Kalman Filter (by FrancoisCarouge)

  I use fmt and others in my project with CMake fetch and it's been a good experience so far: fetch, declare, link in a few lines. Hope this can be useful to someome.

• cmake-init

  165 2,003 7.5 CMake

  The missing CMake project initializer

  Try cmake-init. They have a bunch of templates for conan, vcpkg. It will make your life 10% easier.

• {fmt}

  163 20,627 9.9 C++

  A modern formatting library

  

• cpp-vcpkg-starter

  1 2 2.1 CMake

  A template C++ CMake vcpkg project

  I recently tried vcpkg with this template repo, and it runs like a dream, it actually comes with fmt already included as an example. https://github.com/devtbi/cpp-vcpkg-starter

• vcpkg-sdl2-report

  1 0 10.0 CMake

  I was referring to a Git submodule. You can find a full example of this setup at https://github.com/njakob/vcpkg-sdl2-report.

• meta-conan

  1 24 8.1 BitBake

  Yocto layer for the Conan project

  

• ShaderLang

  1 47 8.1 C++

  NZSL (Nazara Shading Language) repository - A shader language inspired by Rust and C++ which compiles to GLSL or SPIRV (without any additional dependency)

  

  Here's a pretty advanced xmake.lua for reference: https://github.com/NazaraEngine/ShaderLang/blob/main/xmake.lua

• zen

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  Btw, some US company already use xmake (see https://github.com/EpicGames/zen for example - need to be part of Epic Games org to see it).

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