I made rust's cargo copy but for CPP
Summary
CRow is a new open-source build system and dependency manager for C/C++ that mimics the simplicity of Rust's Cargo.
View Cached Full Text
Cached at: 05/13/26, 09:12 AM
user-with-username/crow
Source: https://github.com/user-with-username/crow
CRow
Cargo, but for C/C++
Overview
CRow is a build system for C++ designed for developers who want:
- Simple configuration (just
crow.toml) - Fast builds
- Built-in dependency manager
Quick Start
Install
- Pre-built binaries: Download from Releases
- Build from source:
git clone https://github.com/user-with-username/crow
cd crow
cargo install --path .
Create a project
crow new my_project && cd my_project
Run
crow run
Community
We welcome contributions! Please read our:
License
Similar Articles
@voidzerodev: Rolldown is now available as Rust crate and will be published continuously there in addition to npm.
Rolldown, a build tool bundler, is now available as a Rust crate and will be published continuously there in addition to npm.
How (and why) we rewrote our production C++ frontend infrastructure in Rust
NearlyFreeSpeech.NET rewrote their production C++ frontend infrastructure (nfsncore) in Rust, a critical system that handles routing, caching, and access control for all incoming requests. The migration was motivated by Rust's safety guarantees, performance, ecosystem strength, and the aging C++ codebase's limitations.
cargo-crap: Finding Untested Complexity in AI-Generated Rust Code
cargo-crap is a Rust tool that uses the CRAP metric to identify functions that are both complex and poorly tested, helping developers manage risk in AI-generated code.
Croft - TUI VSCode Clone
Croft is a VS Code-style three-pane workspace that runs entirely in the terminal, built with Rust and featuring tree-sitter syntax highlighting, inline previews for images/PDFs/spreadsheets, and an embedded shell.
Rars: a Rust RAR implementation, mostly written by LLMs
A Rust implementation of the RAR compression format, written mostly by AI language models (OpenAI Codex and Claude), which would have taken years to develop manually but was completed in weeks at low cost.