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Examples on how to include popular libraries using the CPM CMake script. Feel free to extend the list with your own.

CLI

rang

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME rang
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY agauniyal/rang
  GIT_TAG v3.1.0
)
if(rang_ADDED)
  add_library(rang INTERFACE IMPORTED)
  target_include_directories(rang INTERFACE "${rang_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
endif()

Linenoise

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME linenoise
  GIT_TAG 1.0
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY antirez/linenoise
)

if(linenoise_ADDED)
  add_library(linenoise ${linenoise_SOURCE_DIR}/linenoise.c)
  target_include_directories(linenoise PUBLIC ${linenoise_SOURCE_DIR})
endif()

cxxopts

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME cxxopts
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY jarro2783/cxxopts
  VERSION 2.2.0
  OPTIONS
    "CXXOPTS_BUILD_EXAMPLES Off"
    "CXXOPTS_BUILD_TESTS Off"
)

Testing

Doctest

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME doctest
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY onqtam/doctest
  GIT_TAG 2.3.2
)

Catch2

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME Catch2
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY catchorg/Catch2
  VERSION 2.5.0
)

google/googletest

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME googletest
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY google/googletest
  GIT_TAG release-1.8.1
  VERSION 1.8.1
  OPTIONS
      "INSTALL_GTEST OFF"
      "gtest_force_shared_crt ON"
)

Language extensions

Boost (via boost-cmake)

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME boost-cmake
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY Orphis/boost-cmake
  VERSION 1.67.0
)

Range-v3

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME range-v3
  URL https://github.com/ericniebler/range-v3/archive/0.5.0.zip
  VERSION 0.5.0
  # the range-v3 CMakeLists screws with configuration options
  DOWNLOAD_ONLY True
)

if(range-v3_ADDED) 
  add_library(range-v3 INTERFACE IMPORTED)
  target_include_directories(range-v3 INTERFACE "${range-v3_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
endif()

variant lite

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME variant-lite
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY martinmoene/variant-lite
  VERSION 1.2.2
)

Serialization

Yaml-cpp

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME yaml-cpp
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY jbeder/yaml-cpp
  # 0.6.2 uses deprecated CMake syntax
  VERSION 0.6.3
  # 0.6.3 is not released yet, so use a recent commit
  GIT_TAG 012269756149ae99745b6dafefd415843d7420bb 
  OPTIONS
    "YAML_CPP_BUILD_TESTS Off"
    "YAML_CPP_BUILD_CONTRIB Off"
    "YAML_CPP_BUILD_TOOLS Off"
)

nlohmann/json

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME nlohmann_json
  VERSION 3.6.1  
  # the git repo is incredibly large, so we download the archived include directory
  URL https://github.com/nlohmann/json/releases/download/v3.6.1/include.zip
  URL_HASH SHA256=69cc88207ce91347ea530b227ff0776db82dcb8de6704e1a3d74f4841bc651cf
)

if (nlohmann_json_ADDED)
  add_library(nlohmann_json INTERFACE IMPORTED)
  target_include_directories(nlohmann_json INTERFACE ${nlohmann_json_SOURCE_DIR})
endif()

USCiLab/cereal

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME cereal
  VERSION 1.2.2
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY USCiLab/cereal
  OPTIONS
    "SKIP_PORTABILITY_TEST ON"
    "JUST_INSTALL_CEREAL ON"
)

Benchmarking

google/benchmark

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME benchmark
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY google/benchmark
  VERSION 1.4.1
  OPTIONS
    "BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING Off"
)

if (benchmark_ADDED)
  # compile with C++17
  set_target_properties(benchmark PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 17)
endif()

Scripting languages

Lua

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME lua
  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/lua/lua.git
  VERSION 5.3.5
  DOWNLOAD_ONLY YES
)

if (lua_ADDED)
  # lua has no CMake support, so we create our own target

  FILE(GLOB lua_sources ${lua_SOURCE_DIR}/*.c)
  add_library(lua STATIC ${lua_sources})

  target_include_directories(lua
    PUBLIC
      $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${lua_SOURCE_DIR}>
  )
endif()

Sol2

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME sol2
  URL https://github.com/ThePhD/sol2/archive/v3.0.2.zip
  VERSION 3.0.2
  DOWNLOAD_ONLY YES
)

if (sol2_ADDED)
  add_library(sol2 INTERFACE IMPORTED)
  target_include_directories(sol2 INTERFACE ${sol2_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
  target_link_libraries(sol2 INTERFACE lua)
endif()

I/O

FileWatcher

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME FileWatcher
  GIT_TAG ee0b97efd206282ef8bb4b9c10c90c941de4a52b
  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/apetrone/simplefilewatcher.git
)

if (FileWatcher_ADDED)
  file (GLOB FileWatcherSources ${FileWatcher_SOURCE_DIR}/source/*.cpp)
  add_library(FileWatcher ${FileWatcherSources})
  target_include_directories(FileWatcher PUBLIC ${FileWatcher_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
endif()

fmt

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME fmt
  GIT_TAG 6.1.2
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY fmtlib/fmt
)

Entity Component Systems

EnTT

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME EnTT
  VERSION 3.1.1
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY skypjack/entt
  # EnTT's CMakeLists screws with configuration options
  DOWNLOAD_ONLY True
)

if (EnTT_ADDED)
  add_library(EnTT INTERFACE)
  target_include_directories(EnTT INTERFACE ${EnTT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
endif()

Reflection

meta

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME meta
  VERSION 1.4.7
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY skypjack/meta
  # the project's CMakeLists messes with configuration options
  DOWNLOAD_ONLY True
)

if (meta_ADDED)
  add_library(meta INTERFACE)
  target_include_directories(meta INTERFACE ${meta_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
endif()

rttr

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME rttr # link against RTTR::Core_Lib
  VERSION 0.9.6
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY rttrorg/rttr
  OPTIONS
    "BUILD_RTTR_DYNAMIC Off"
    "BUILD_UNIT_TESTS Off"
    "BUILD_STATIC On"
    "BUILD_PACKAGE Off"
    "BUILD_WITH_RTTI On"
    "BUILD_EXAMPLES Off"
    "BUILD_DOCUMENTATION Off"
    "BUILD_INSTALLER Off"
    "USE_PCH Off"
    "CUSTOM_DOXYGEN_STYLE Off"
)

CMake scripts

Format.cmake

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME Format.cmake
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY TheLartians/Format.cmake
  VERSION 1.0
)

GroupSourcesByFolder.cmake

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME GroupSourcesByFolder.cmake
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY TheLartians/GroupSourcesByFolder.cmake
  VERSION 1.0
)

Ccache.camke

CPMAddPackage(
  NAME Ccache.cmake
  GITHUB_REPOSITORY TheLartians/Ccache.cmake
  VERSION 1.2
)