# Rename the Fortran Package Manager?

**URL:** <https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/rename-the-fortran-package-manager/10762>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 5, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/rename-the-fortran-package-manager/10762 "2026-03-05T13:02:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![rouson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@rouson](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/rouson)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/rename-the-fortran-package-manager/10762/1 "2026-03-05T13:02:47Z")

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For anyone interested, it would be great to hear more perspectives on the following issue:

> <https://github.com/fortran-lang/fpm/issues/1182>
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> \*\*TL/DR:\*\* Given \`fpm\`'s support for building C and C++ projects, a name change …could help to avoid initial misconceptions. Something like "Fun Package Manager" or "Fantastic Package Manager" would preserve the acronym \`fpm\`, and either name would accurately describe my experience of \`fpm\`. 😄 
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> Motivation
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> I've had several recent experiences with introducing \`fpm\` to a project wherein the developers were unfamiliar with \`fpm\` and understandably assumed \`fpm\` is limited to building Fortran. Given recent very positive experiences I've had with building C and C++ projects with \`fpm\`, it would be nice to at least prevent this one obvious and avoidable source of confusion. To wit, I contributed a three-line (not counting one blank line) manifest to the \[SuperLU\](https://github.com/xiaoyeli/superlu) linear algebra package, which GitHub reports is 95% C and only 0.3% Fortran. I also forked \[Armadillo\](https://gitlab.com/rouson/armadillo-code), a C++ project, and added a one-line \`fpm\` manifest that suffices for building it as a dependency of another project.

In the [comment](https://github.com/fortran-lang/fpm/issues/1182#issuecomment-4004891010) that I just posted on the issue, I have a new perspective that leads me to think I’ll close the issue soon, but it would be nice to hear others’ thoughts before doing so.

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**Author:** ![certik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/certik/32/4_2.png) [@certik](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/certik)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/rename-the-fortran-package-manager/10762/2 "2026-03-05T18:29:18Z")

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Let’s keep the name. I posted into the issue also.