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vcpkg, an open-source C/C++ package manager maintained by Microsoft, is increasingly recognized as a leading dependency management solution. As an enterprise-grade tool, it enables organizations to streamline library imports, reduce duplication, and support flexible, reproducible builds across a wide array of environments. This need for streamli...

This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.10.17 registry release, the 2025-10-10 and 2025-10-16 tool releases, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout October. This month’s updates includes partial support for Visual Studio 2026 and platform toolset v145, NetBSD platform support, and minor impro...

This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.09.17 registry release, the 2025-08-29 and 2025-09-03 tool releases, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout September. This month’s updates includes new binary caching sources and , support for tvOS and watchOS target platforms, and minor improvements ...

This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.08.27 registry release as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout August. There were no tool changes as of the date of the registry release in August, though more changes will be listed in the next release in September. Some stats for this period: ...

We are excited to announce that GitHub’s Dependabot now brings automated dependency updates to C++ projects using vcpkg. This support is available for projects using vcpkg manifest files, empowering teams to keep their library dependencies current and secure with minimal effort. With Dependabot, your repo can receive automatic pull requests to upgr...

This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.07.25 registry release, 2025-06-20, 2025-07-16, and 2025-07-21 tool releases, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout July. This release includes a new command for printing package SPDX licenses, binary caching optimizations, and support for visionOS, So...

This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.06.13 registry release, 2025-04-16, 2025-05-19, and 2025-06-02 tool releases, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout May and June. This release includes bug fixes, several documentation changes, and the removal of the binary caching provider for GitHub...

This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.04.09 registry release, 2025-03-22, 2025-04-01, and 2025-04-07 tool releases, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout April. This release contains bug fixes, a new documentation article on offline usage of vcpkg, and other minor improvements. Arm64 Linux...

This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2025.03.19 registry release, 2025-03-13 tool release, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout March. This release includes two new commands for our continuous integration system PR reviews, minor bugfixes, a new documentation article on authenticating to NuGe...

Introduction Creating a new CMake project that uses unfamiliar libraries can be daunting and time-consuming. This blog post takes you along on my journey using Copilot to make this easier, and leveraging Custom Instructions to tailor Copilot responses. For a sneak peek, see the outcome of this journey in this repository. Background As C++ develo...