vcpkg documentation

vcpkg is a cross-platform C/C++ package manager. Get access to thousands of high quality open-source libraries to empower your application and internally share collections of private components.

Get started

Tutorial

• Install and use packages with CMake
• Install and use packages with CMake in Visual Studio
• Install and use packages with MSBuild in Visual Studio
• Create and publish packages
• Contribute an open-source library to vcpkg

Consume packages

Tutorial

• Install dependencies for your project
• Install dependencies globally
• Customize compilation flags
• Lock package versions
• Install your private dependencies
• Reuse builds between projects and machines
• Mirror external resources for disconnected builds

Deploy

• Integrate with your CMake project
• Integrate with your MSBuild (Visual Studio) project
• Integrate with a different build system

Produce packages

Tutorial

• Package a library from GitHub
• Apply patches to a dependency's source code
• Provide usage documentation

Features

Overview

• Manifest files
• Build system integration
• Versioning
• Registries
• Binary caching
• Asset caching