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• C++20 modules and Boost: a prototype

  A prototype enabling Boost libraries to be used as C++20 modules is presented. A BOOST_USE_MODULES macro toggles between includes and imports via compatibility headers. CMake support, compiled module interfaces and CI tests are described, showing up to 3× build‑time speedup. Current CMake import‑std and MSVC bugs delay integration; further work will resume after fixes.

  29/01/2025 Link #link

  

  Rubén Pérez Contributor
• Advancing MrDocs: Contributions to Boost in 2024

  Recent MrDocs enhancements—modern C++ support, cross‑platform builds, CI and Antora integration—are described, along with updates to Boost libraries, the Boost website workflow, and GitHub Actions, featuring new capabilities, bug fixes and improvements.

  10/01/2025 Link #link

  

  Alan de Freitas Contributor
• Doc Previews Revisited Q4 2024

  Recent Q4 2024 work is summarized, noting Jenkins migration to Multibranch Pipelines, Boost website and CDN upgrades, release‑tooling and CI pipeline enhancements, Mailman migration automation, and benchmark/CI environment updates.

  10/01/2025 Link #link

  

  Sam Darwin Contributor
• Another New Library Underway

  Two Boost libraries are reported: an IEEE‑754 decimal floating‑point library review after performance <format> enhancements; and a cryptography library built with clang‑20 hardening, implementing primitives and targeting FIPS‑140‑3 certification and TLS support.

  10/01/2025 Link #link

  

  Matt Borland Contributor
• Boost.MySQL 1.87 and the new Boost citizens

  In Boost.MySQL 1.87, the type‑erased any_connection, with_params for one‑off queries, built‑in diagnostics, and a connection‑pool API are introduced, extensive async‑oriented documentation is updated, and MQTT5 and Hash2 libraries are added to Boost.

  09/01/2025 Link #link

  

  Rubén Pérez Contributor
• New container in Boost.PolyCollection, additions to Boost.Mp11 and more

  CI support added for several Boost libraries; a boost::variant_collection groups same‑type elements; Boost.Mp11 adds mp_lambda and faster mp_is_set; documentation URLs modernized; sponsorship work done.

  08/01/2025 Link #link

  

  Joaquín M López Muñoz Contributor
• Boost C++ Libraries and Fiscal Sponsorship

  A formal review was held, resulting in the selection of the C++ Alliance as fiscal sponsor and the creation of a Fiscal Sponsorship Committee to manage Boost assets, with three initial members appointed.

  11/11/2024 Blogpost #blogpost

  

  Fiscal Sponsorship Committee Contributor
• Boost.Http.Proto Project Highlights

  Recent Boost.Http.Proto work includes a chained_sequence abstraction that merges split buffers for chunked parsing, optional gzip/deflate support via a Zlib interface, and a coroutine client handling Accept‑Encoding, redirects and streaming. Boost.Beast updates add trailer field parsing, error‑code overloads, removal of a skip variable for faster CRLF handling, and forward‑declared headers.

  29/10/2024 Link #link

  

  Mohammad Nejati Contributor
• Cloud and Infrastructure Update Q3 2024

  Boost 1.86.0 was released with Fastly CDN support; release scripts, Docker images, and AWS S3 uploads were improved. Build docs, site outage handling, local dev bootstrap, Xapian search, CI pipelines, Terraform runners, and billing/analytics were updated.

  28/10/2024 Link #link

  

  Sam Darwin Contributor
• Boost MySQL 1.87 new features

  Boost.MySQL 1.87 adds with_params for concise client‑side SQL, with_diagnostics for async error info, support for asio cancellation tokens, improved thread‑safe connection_pool, pydocca documentation migration, and modular Boost integration.

  22/10/2024 Link #link

  

  Rubén Pérez Contributor