# ruslo/hunter

Repository: https://github.com/ruslo/hunter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hunter
Language: CMake
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-12-26T05:31:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4682, "days_push": 2442, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1889, forks 652 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:49.447244+00:00)

## What it is
Hunter is a CMake-based cross-platform package manager for C/C++ projects that downloads and builds dependencies with CMake. This original repository (ruslo/hunter) is closed for contributions and development has moved to the cpp-pm/hunter fork.

## Use cases
- manage c++ dependencies with cmake
- cross-platform c++ package manager
- build third-party libraries reproducibly in cmake
- vendor dependencies without system package managers
- pin exact versions of c++ libraries

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy CMake project already using Hunter
- you want CMake-driven dependency resolution without system packages

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new C++ project - use the maintained cpp-pm/hunter fork or alternatives like vcpkg or Conan
- you need active support or new package recipes
- you do not use CMake for your build

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: package-manager, build-tool, dependency-audit, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cpp, windows, cross-platform
- tags: cmake, c-plus-plus, dependency-management, cross-platform-builds, forked-to-cpp-pm, package-manager, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- ruslo/hunter (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:49.447244+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 2026-08-30T08:39:26.492717+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ruslo/hunter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:49.447244+00:00, sha d320c9d9938e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.