cpm-cmake/CPM.cmake

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CPM.cmake is a small CMake script that adds setup-free, cross-platform dependency management to CMake projects. It wraps CMake's FetchContent module with version pinning, caching, and a simple CPMAddPackage API.

Use cases

• manage c++ dependencies without installing a package manager
• pin dependency versions reproducibly in cmake
• fetch github projects directly into a cmake build
• avoid vcpkg or conan setup for small projects
• cache dependencies across builds to speed up ci

When to choose

• your project uses modern cmake and you want zero-setup dependency management
• you want reproducible builds with version-controlled dependencies
• you want to consume any git repo or downloadable source as a dependency without packaging it

When to avoid

• you need prebuilt binaries or a large curated package ecosystem
• your team already standardizes on vcpkg, conan, or system packages
• you need dependency resolution with complex version constraint solving

Facets

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package-manager build-tool developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform version-control windows cpp cross-platform cmake dependency-management fetchcontent reproducible-builds c-plus-plus linux macos

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