<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>A developer has created knspm, a package manager and CLI tool tailored for C++ development, inspired by npm for JavaScript, Rust, and Python projects.</li><li>knspm simplifies project setup by assisting in project structure setup, downloading C++ libraries from GitHub, updating configuration files, and building vcxproj and sln files using Premake5 for Windows.</li><li>The tool currently focuses on Windows platforms, automatically locates and compiles necessary files without the need for an IDE, and plans to intelligently support different OS environments in the future.</li><li>The developer intends to open-source knspm, which is currently a local CLI built in C++, and seeks feedback from the C++ community to enhance native tooling and streamline package management for the language.</li></ul>

Building a Modern C++ Package Manager from Scratch — Meet knspm

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