microsoft/vcpkg-tool
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Description: Components of microsoft/vcpkg's binary.
Language: C++
License: MIT
Stars: 586
Forks: 351
Open issues: 47
Created: 2020-12-08T22:55:55Z
Pushed: 2026-06-10T05:05:46Z
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README:
Vcpkg: Overview
Vcpkg helps you manage C and C++ libraries on Windows, Linux and MacOS. This tool and ecosystem are constantly evolving, and we always appreciate contributions!
Please see the main repository https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg for all feature discussion, issue tracking, and edits to which libraries are available.
Vcpkg-tool: Overview
This repository contains the contents formerly at https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg in the "toolsrc" tree, and build support.
Contributing
Please refer to the "contributing" section of the main `README.md`.
This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct][contributing:coc]. For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ][contributing:coc-faq] or email [opencode@microsoft.com](mailto:opencode@microsoft.com) with any additional questions or comments.
[contributing:submit-issue]: https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/issues/new/choose [contributing:submit-pr]: https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/pulls [contributing:coc]: https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/ [contributing:coc-faq]: https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/
Windows Contributing Prerequisites
- Install Visual Studio and the C++ workload
- Install Node.JS by downloading a 16.x copy from https://nodejs.org/en/
npm install -g @microsoft/rush
Ubuntu 22.04 Contributing Prerequisites
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash - sudo apt update sudo apt install nodejs cmake ninja-build gcc build-essential git zip unzip sudo npm install -g @microsoft/rush
License
The product code in this repository is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE.txt). The tests contain 3rd party code as documented in NOTICE.txt.
Trademarks
This project may contain trademarks or logos for projects, products, or services. Authorized use of Microsoft trademarks or logos is subject to and must follow Microsoft's Trademark & Brand Guidelines. Use of Microsoft trademarks or logos in modified versions of this project must not cause confusion or imply Microsoft sponsorship. Any use of third-party trademarks or logos are subject to those third-party's policies.
Telemetry
vcpkg collects usage data in order to help us improve your experience. The data collected by Microsoft is anonymous. You can opt-out of telemetry by re-running the bootstrap-vcpkg script with -disableMetrics, passing --disable-metrics to vcpkg on the command line, or by setting the VCPKG_DISABLE_METRICS environment variable.
Read more about vcpkg telemetry at https://learn.microsoft.com/vcpkg/about/privacy in the main repository