# Appreciation for fpm tool

**URL:** <https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/appreciation-for-fpm-tool/5353>\
**Category:** fpm\
**Created:** [March 6, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/appreciation-for-fpm-tool/5353 "2023-03-06T20:48:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![arul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@arul](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/arul)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/appreciation-for-fpm-tool/5353/1 "2023-03-06T20:48:49Z")

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I recently had a need to put together a proof of concept of a distributed processing task and measure it’s performance. I used Fortran for it and ended up feeling pretty impressed about how `fpm` was simple and easy to use for my needs. I wanted to try Fortran for a similar project two years ago and I couldn’t get past the cmake barrier(beginner) to give Fortran a real try, at that time. Two years later, I am glad that the Fortran community has invested in a tool like fpm that allowed me to put together simple proof of concepts without having me work out the details of a complicated build tool.

Thanks to everyone involved in fpm!

P.S. Sorry, I couldn’t find an appropriate category to tag this post.

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**Author:** ![FortranFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@FortranFan](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/FortranFan)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/appreciation-for-fpm-tool/5353/2 "2023-03-07T01:59:46Z")

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@arul ,

Welcome to the Fortran Discourse.

Your post is superb feedback for the various contributors whose vision and effort made it viable:

> **[Contributors to fortran-lang/fpm](https://github.com/fortran-lang/fpm/graphs/contributors)**
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> Fortran Package Manager (fpm). Contribute to fortran-lang/fpm development by creating an account on GitHub.

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**Author:** ![vmagnin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/vmagnin/32/28_2.png) [@vmagnin](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/vmagnin)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 10:09am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/appreciation-for-fpm-tool/5353/3 "2023-03-08T10:09:51Z")

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I have just written a notice about fpm in the free software directory Framalibre:

> **[Fortran Package Manager (fpm)](https://framalibre.org/content/fortran-package-manager-fpm)**
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> Construisez et diffusez votre projet Fortran avec fpm

Framalibre is a reference in the francophone space and is managed by the [Framasoft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framasoft) non-profit organisation.