https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/spack/ Recent content in Spack on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-18-self-hosted-c-cpp-package-management-conan-vcpkg-spack/ Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-06-18-self-hosted-c-cpp-package-management-conan-vcpkg-spack/ <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>C and C++ development has long suffered from fragmented dependency management. Unlike Python&rsquo;s pip or Rust&rsquo;s Cargo, the C/C++ ecosystem lacked a unified package manager for decades. Today, three major open-source solutions have emerged: <strong>Conan</strong> (9,413 ⭐), <strong>vcpkg</strong> (27,186 ⭐), and <strong>Spack</strong> (5,075 ⭐). Each takes a fundamentally different approach to solving the dependency challenge.</p>