Conan is an open-source dependency management tool for C/C++ applications.
It provides an intuitive interface for defining, fetching and managing dependencies which makes it easy for developers to integrate third-party libraries into their projects.
Conan works across all major operating systems and can target a variety of platforms, including servers and desktop, mobile and embedded devices. It can also be used for building and publishing C/C++ libraries and packages which we view as it's main usecase.
The packages can be shared across teams via different repository systems like:
By leveraging prebuilt binaries, it significantly reduces build times, especially for hefty dependencies. Conan integrates with popular build systems like CMake and also has a Python SDK for extending the build system for tasks like signing.
For one automotive supplier in the audience conan is the standard for managing dependencies C++ (ADAS/embedded) projects.