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#include <print>

int main() {
  std::println("Hello, world!");
}
#include <algorithm>
#include <print>
#include <vector>

int main() {
  std::vector values{4, 2, 3, 1};
  std::ranges::sort(values);

  for (int value : values) {
    std::println("value: {}", value);
  }
}

Events & communities

C++ lives where people meet

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The wider C++ community

New ideas and insights, published regularly

cpp.social follows independent blogs, educators, conference archives, and technical channels so recent C++ material is easier to find

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Recent writing

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The Old New Thing
Why is there no Windows hot-patching support for other architectures like 32-bit ARM and MIPS?Sandor Dargo's Blog
C++26: the new debugging headerC++ Stories
Using C++17 std::optionalBarry's C++ Blog
Push-based vs Pull-based Customizationvitaut
A complete floating-point to_chars in 18 kB

Recent video

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C++Now
Senders For Existing Asynchronous Interfaces - Dietmar Kühl - C++Now 2026The Cherno
Can AI Make a Game Engine?ACCU Conference
Rust & C++: What We Learned Building Our Own APIsMeeting C++
Meeting C++ 2026: Interview with Frances Buontempo about her talk and booksKDAB
September 2026 Newsletter: AI-Assisted Code Modernization, Distrobox, and New KDAB Videos

About C++

One standard, many tools and implementations

The C++ ecosystem includes multiple mature compilers, standard-library implementations, build systems, analysis tools, package managers and a lot more. The choice is yours - to make an informed one, the vast amounts of educational material around C++ and its huge tooling landscape can help. cpp.social aims to collect every resource you should be aware of in one place.

What developers report using

All data is from survey responses and does not represent actual market share

Compilers

GCC76.2%
Clang71.9%
MSVC59.7%

Build systems

CMake81.9%
MSBuild33.5%

Package managers

vcpkg21.8%
Conan17.5%

Build-system and package-manager figures come from the 2026 Annual C++ Developer Survey summary. Compiler statistics are combined primary and secondary compiler responses.

Find the right starting point

Reference material, implementation status, ecosystem directories, and the standards process live side by side

ResourcesReferences, guides & booksBooksBrowse the C++ bookshelfEcosystemCompilers, libraries & toolsLanguage evolutionHow C++ evolvesPackagesLibraries across package managers

Package search

Search C++ libraries across package managers

cpp.social's package catalog brings several registries into one searchable view, so a library can be compared across the package managers that distribute it

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gtestGoogle Testing FrameworkBazelConanbuild2HunterMesonSpackvcpkgxmake
fmtfmt is an open-source formatting library for C++.BazelConanbuild2HunterMesonSpackvcpkgxmake
tensorflowLibrary for computation using data flow graphs for scalable machine learningConanvcpkg

Catalog sources include Conan, vcpkg, Spack, Meson WrapDB, Bazel Central Registry, build2, Hunter, and xmake