Alternatives

The problem Dfetch tries to solve isn’t new. There are other tools doing the same. In making a proper choice, see the below alternatives.

These alternatives could all be used to use source code from another project as part of your project.

Name	Git	SVN	Windows	Linux	Language Agnostic	Build System Agnostic
Dfetch	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
CGet	✔	✘	✔	✔	✘ (C/C++)	✘ (CMake)
CMake ExternalProject	✔	✘	✔	✔	✘ (C/C++)	✘ (CMake)
CPM.cmake	✔	✘	✔	✔	✘ (C/C++)	✘ (CMake)
CPPAN	✔	✘	✔	✔	✘ (C/C++)	✔
Git submodules	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Git subtree	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Git-externals	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Gitman	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Gitslave	✔	✘	✘	✔	✔	✔
Google Repo	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Grit	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Kitenet mr	✔	✔	?	✔	✔	✔
mdlr	✔	✘	Beta	✔	✔	✔
Quack	✔	✘	✘	✔	✔	✔
Quark	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
SVN Externals	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
tsrc	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
SoftwareNetwork	✔	✘	✔	✔	✘ (C/C++)	✔
Vcpkg	✔	✘	✔	✔	✘ (C/C++)	✘
West	✔	✘	✔	✔	✘ (C/C++)	✘

Note

the list is probably never complete or up-to-date. Anyone is welcome to create an issue.