Download CGAL for Windows

With a Package Manager

Note that vcpkg is not maintained by the CGAL project. Consequently, the latest stable release of CGAL might not be immediately available. You can check the version of CGAL currently available through vcpkg on the VERSION line on the dedicated CGAL control file on github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.

We recommand to use vcpkg:

vcpkg install cgal

A step-by-step guide showing how to install and use CGAL with vcpkg is available in the CGAL Documentation.


With a Source Archive

You can download a release source archive from the Releases page of the CGAL project.

A step-by-step guide showing how to install and use CGAL from source is available in the CGAL Documentation.


Through Github

Advanced users can clone the current development version of CGAL from GitHub to enjoy early access to new features.

Please note that the directory layout and build process of the development version on GitHub are different from the release version. A basic usage guide is available on the CGAL project's Install.md.