conan-io/conan

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

9493 stars · 1123 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Conan is a decentralized, open-source (MIT) package manager for C and C++ that manages dependencies and precompiled binaries across platforms and build systems. It integrates with CMake, MSBuild, Meson, and other build tools, and supports private repositories via Artifactory or self-hosted servers.

Use cases

• manage C++ project dependencies
• distribute prebuilt binaries for multiple compilers and architectures
• cross-compile for embedded and mobile targets
• host a private package repository for a C++ team
• speed up CI builds by caching binary packages
• integrate dependency management with CMake or Meson

When to choose

• you develop C or C++ on multiple platforms or compilers
• you need binary package management and caching for fast builds
• you target embedded, mobile, or cross-compiled configurations
• you want decentralized or self-hosted package hosting

When to avoid

• your project is not C/C++
• you prefer a build-system-native solution like vcpkg with MSBuild-only workflows
• you need a package manager for interpreted-language ecosystems

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

package-manager build-tool cli developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform embedded-systems windows cross-platform cli python embedded c cpp cmake dependency-management binary-packages cross-compiling artifactory command-line linux macos docker

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