Conan Inspect May 2026

conan inspect zlib/1.2.13@ --format=json | jq '.version' conan inspect is a small but mighty tool for any Conan user. Next time you wonder “What settings does this package support?” — reach for conan inspect before opening your editor.

name: zlib version: 1.2.13 url: https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index license: Zlib description: A compression library ... conan inspect

Here’s a useful blog post idea for conan inspect , aimed at C++ developers who use Conan for dependency management. conan inspect : Your Command-Line Window into Package Metadata conan inspect zlib/1

conan inspect prints metadata from a Conan recipe (conanfile.py or conanfile.txt) without installing or building the package. conan inspect