--- title: What’s New in vcpkg (Oct 2026) | daily.dev description: The October 2026 vcpkg release adds configurable binary-cache compression, better cache diagnostics, and updates Boost to 1.92. The curated registry now has... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-vcpkg-oct-2026--jwk5g7by1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What’s New in vcpkg (Oct 2026) | daily.dev og:description: The October 2026 vcpkg release adds configurable binary-cache compression, better cache diagnostics, and updates Boost to 1.92. The curated registry now has... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-vcpkg-oct-2026--jwk5g7by1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jwk5G7BY1.png og:image:alt: What’s New in vcpkg (Oct 2026) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What’s New in vcpkg (Oct 2026) **[DevBlogs](https://daily.dev/sources/devblogs)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The October 2026 vcpkg release adds configurable binary-cache compression, better cache diagnostics, and updates Boost to 1.92. The curated registry now has 2,877 total ports, with 41 new ports added and 806 updated since July. A new --binary-cache-compression-level flag (0-9) lets you trade archive size for cache submission time. Other updates include curl 8.23.0, OpenSSL 3.6.5, libgit2 1.9.7, Qt Base 6.11.2, and Armadillo 15.6.1, while 22 ports including tensorflow and v8 were removed. 178 community contributors submitted merged PRs for this release. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I control the compression level of vcpkg's binary cache archives? Use the --binary-cache-compression-level=<0-9> command-line option or the VCPKG_BINARY_CACHE_COMPRESSION_LEVEL environment variable to trade ZIP archive size for cache submission time. The command-line option takes precedence over the environment variable. Leaving both unset preserves the default compression level, and changing it does not affect package ABIs or prevent restoration of existing archives. _Track package manager changes like this as you tune your own CI caching strategy on daily.dev._ ### What version of Boost does the latest vcpkg registry release include? The vcpkg registry release from October 16, 2026 updates Boost from 1.91.0 to 1.92.0. This release also updates curl from 8.21.0 to 8.23.0, OpenSSL from 3.6.3 to 3.6.5, libgit2 from 1.9.4 to 1.9.7, Qt Base from 6.11.1 to 6.11.2, and Armadillo from 14.4.1 to a new major version, 15.6.1. _Keep up with dependency bumps like Boost's on daily.dev before they break your C++ build._ ### Which ports were removed from the vcpkg registry in the October 2026 release? 22 ports were removed during registry maintenance: cppdap, ctp, dx, keccak-tiny, kf5diagram, libfreenect2, qtquickcontrols2, rapidfuzz, sdl1, sdl1-mixer, sdl1-net, septag-sx, shiftmedia-libgnutls, sqlpp11-connector-mysql, sqlpp11-connector-sqlite3, tensorflow, tensorflow-cc, tensorflow-common, threadpool, v8, vcpkg-tool-bazel, and vulkan-hpp. _Check removed-port lists on daily.dev before a routine vcpkg update breaks your dependency tree._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What’s New in vcpkg \(May 2026\)](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-vcpkg-may-2026--fn9qknz4u) · DevBlogs · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What’s New in vcpkg \(June 2026\)](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-vcpkg-june-2026--qx9ebvusp) · DevBlogs · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What’s New in vcpkg \(Jul 2026\)](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-vcpkg-jul-2026--jyfjddrid) · DevBlogs · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What’s New in vcpkg \(October 2025\)](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-vcpkg-october-2025--exu9hzlxh) · DevBlogs · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What’s New in vcpkg \(Apr 2026\)](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-vcpkg-apr-2026--uzynm8mdh) · DevBlogs · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#c++](https://daily.dev/tags/c++) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-vcpkg-oct-2026--jwk5g7by1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What’s New in vcpkg (Oct 2026)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-vcpkg-oct-2026--jwk5g7by1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-vcpkg-oct-2026--jwk5g7by1"},"datePublished":"2026-10-29T18:00:57.045Z","dateModified":"2026-10-29T18:02:54.043Z","description":"The October 2026 vcpkg release adds configurable binary-cache compression, better cache diagnostics, and updates Boost to 1.92. 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