# Boost C++ Libraries

Super-project for modularized Boost

Repository: https://github.com/boostorg/boost
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/boost-c-libraries
Homepage: https://github.com/boostorg/wiki/wiki/Getting-Started%3A-Overview
Language: HTML
License: BSL-1.0
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-26T23:04:49+00:00
Link (homepage): https://github.com/boostorg/wiki/wiki/Getting-Started%3A-Overview

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4980, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 21, "gap_med": 55.0, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8553, forks 1944 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:23.476956+00:00)

## What it is
Boost is a collection of free, peer-reviewed, portable C++ source libraries organized as a modularized super-project. It provides widely useful libraries that complement the C++ Standard Library and are usable in both commercial and non-commercial applications under a permissive license.

## Use cases
- add networking and async I/O to a C++ application
- parse JSON or other formats in C++
- use smart pointers and utilities before they land in the standard library
- build cross-platform C++ software without platform-specific libraries
- implement HTTP and WebSocket servers or clients in C++
- get high-quality math, date-time, and string algorithms for C++

## When to choose
- you need mature, portable, peer-reviewed C++ libraries
- you want permissive licensing (BSL-1.0) for commercial use
- you need functionality that later became part of the C++ standard
- you are building performance-sensitive cross-platform C++ software

## When to avoid
- you want a small, single-purpose dependency with minimal compile overhead
- your project targets a language other than C++
- you need a full application framework rather than libraries
- build complexity of a large multi-library collection is a concern

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, concurrency, networking, serialization, http-server, http-client, websocket, parser, math, testing, file-system, cryptography, date-time
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform, backend, performance
- platform: cpp, cross-platform, windows
- tags: c-plus-plus, peer-reviewed, modular-libraries, super-project, portable, regex, algorithms, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- boostorg/boost (main) score 94
- boostorg/beast (sdk) score 77
- boostorg/asio (sdk) score 76
- boostorg/pfr (sdk) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.476956+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:26:18.672882+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/boostorg/boost (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.476956+00:00, sha 18c1931c1fde)
  - homepage: https://github.com/boostorg/wiki/wiki/Getting-Started%3A-Overview (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:35.360341+00:00, sha f7de041336ef)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.