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---
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title: Boost C++ Libraries
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copyright: Beman Dawes, David Abrahams, 1998-2005. Rene Rivera 2004-2007.
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---
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Boost C++ Libraries
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Welcome to Boost.org!
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Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source
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libraries.
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We emphasize libraries that work well with the C++
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Standard Library. Boost libraries are intended to be widely
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useful, and usable across a broad spectrum of applications.
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The [Boost license](/users/license.html)
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encourages the use of Boost libraries for all users with
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minimal restrictions.
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We aim to establish "existing practice" and provide
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reference implementations so that Boost libraries are
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suitable for eventual standardization. Beginning with the
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ten Boost Libraries included in the Library Technical
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Report ([TR1](http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n1745.pdf)) and continuing with every release
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of the ISO standard for C++ since 2011, the [C++ Standards Committee](http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/) has continued to
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rely on Boost as a valuable source for additions to the
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Standard C++ Library.
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Boost as an organization
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The Boost organization and wider Boost community
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supports research and education into the best possible uses
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of C++ and libraries developed for it, particularly, but
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not exclusively those contained in the Boost Library.
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The organization and community support mailing lists and
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chat rooms to educate about best practices and cutting edge
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techniques for the user of Boost Libraries and C++ in
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general.
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Since 2006 an intimate week long annual conference
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related to Boost called [C++ Now](http://cppnow.org/) has been held in Aspen, Colorado
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each May. The conference is an educational opportunity
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focused on cutting-edge C++. Boost has been a participant
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in the annual Google Summer of Code since 2007, in which
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students develop their skills by working on Boost Library
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development.
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### Getting Started
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Boost works on
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almost any modern operating system, including UNIX and
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Windows variants. Follow the [Getting
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Started Guide](/doc/libs/release/more/getting_started/index.html) to download and install Boost. Popular
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Linux and Unix distributions such as [Fedora](http://fedoraproject.org/),
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[Debian](http://www.debian.org/), and [NetBSD](http://www.netbsd.org/) include pre-built Boost
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packages. Boost may also already be available on your
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organization's internal web server.
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If you want to
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develop Boost, there's a [getting
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started guide](https://github.com/boostorg/wiki/wiki/Getting-Started) on the wiki.
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### Background
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Read on with the
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[introductory material](/users/) to help you
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understand what Boost is about and to help in educating
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your organization about Boost.
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### Community
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Boost welcomes and
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thrives on participation from a variety of individuals and
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organizations. Many avenues for participation are available
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in the [Boost
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Community](/community/).
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