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## Libraries Listed by Category

### String and text processing

- Format - Type-safe 'printf-like' format operations, from Samuel Krempp.
- Regex - Regular expression library, from John Maddock.
- String Algorithms - A set of generic string-related algorithms and utilities , from Pavol Droba.
- Tokenizer - Break of a string or other character sequence into a series of tokens, from John Bandela.

### Containers

- Array - STL compliant container wrapper for arrays of constant size, from Nicolai Josuttis.
- Dynamic Bitset - A runtime sized version of `std::bitset`, from Jeremy Siek and Chuck Allison.
- Graph - Generic graph components and algorithms, from Jeremy Siek and University of Notre Dame Team.
- Multi Array - Multidimensional containers and adaptors for arrays of contiguous data, from Ron Garcia.
- Property Map - Concepts defining interfaces which map key objects to value objects, from Jeremy Siek.
- Variant - Safe, generic, stack-based discriminated union container, from Eric Friedman and Itay Maman.

### Iterators

- Graph - Generic graph components and algorithms, from Jeremy Siek and University of Notre Dame Team.
- Iterator Adaptors - Adapt a base type into a standard conforming iterator, from Dave Abrahams, Jeremy Siek, and John Potter.
- Operators - Templates ease arithmetic classes and iterators, from Dave Abrahams and Jeremy Siek.
- Tokenizer - Break of a string or other character sequence into a series of tokens, from John Bandela.

### Algorithms

- Graph - Generic graph components and algorithms, from Jeremy Siek and University of Notre Dame Team.
- Utility - Class noncopyable plus `checked_delete`, `checked_array_delete`, `next`, `prior` function templates, plus base-from-member idiom, from Dave Abrahams and others .

### Function objects and higher-order programming

- Bind - Generalized binders for function/object/pointers and member functions, from Peter Dimov.
- Boost.Functional/Hash - A TR1 hash function object that can be extended to hash user defined types , from Daniel James.
- Compose - Functional composition adapters for the STL, from Nicolai Josuttis.
- Function - Function object wrappers for deferred calls or callbacks, from Douglas Gregor.
- Functional - Enhanced function object adaptors, from Mark Rodgers.
- Lambda - Define small unnamed function objects at the actual call site, and more, from Jaakko Järvi.
- Mem_fn - Generalized binders for member functions, from Peter Dimov.
- Ref - A utility library for passing references to generic functions, from Jaakko Järvi, Peter Dimov, Douglas Gregor, and Dave Abrahams.
- Signals - Managed signals & slots callback implementation, from Douglas Gregor.

### Generic programming

- Boost.StaticAssert - Compile time diagnostics library , from John Maddock and Steve Cleary.
- Boost.TypeTraits - Meta-programming support library , from various authors.
- Call Traits - Defines types for passing parameters, from John Maddock and Howard Hinnant.
- Concept Check - Tools for generic programming, from Jeremy Siek.
- Operators - Templates ease arithmetic classes and iterators, from Dave Abrahams and Jeremy Siek.
- Property Map - Concepts defining interfaces which map key objects to value objects, from Jeremy Siek.

### Template metaprogramming

- MPL - Template metaprogramming framework of compile-time algorithms, sequences and metafunction classes, from Aleksey Gurtovoy.

### Preprocessor metaprogramming

- Preprocessor - Preprocessor metaprogramming tools including repetition and recursion, from Vesa Karvonen and Paul Mensonides.

### Concurrent programming

- Threads - Portable C++ multi-threading, from William Kempf.

### Math and numerics

- Integer - Headers to ease dealing with integral types, from various authors.
- Interval - Extends the usual arithmetic functions to mathematical intervals, from Guillaume Melquiond, Hervé Brönnimann, and Sylvain Pion.
- Math - Several contributions in the domain of mathematics, from various authors.
- Math/Common Factor - Greatest common divisor and least common multiple, from Daryle Walker.
- Math/Octonion - Octonions, from Hubert Holin.
- Math/Quaternion - Quaternions, from Hubert Holin.
- Math/Special Functions - Mathematical special functions such as atanh, sinc, and sinhc, from Hubert Holin.
- Multi Array - Multidimensional containers and adaptors for arrays of contiguous data, from Ron Garcia.
- Operators - Templates ease arithmetic classes and iterators, from Dave Abrahams and Jeremy Siek.
- Random - A complete system for random number generation, from Jens Maurer.
- Rational - A rational number class, from Paul Moore.
- uBLAS - Basic linear algebra for dense, packed and sparse matrices, from Joerg Walter and Mathias Koch.

### Correctness and testing

- Concept Check - Tools for generic programming, from Jeremy Siek.
- Test - Support for simple program testing, full unit testing, and for program execution monitoring, from Gennadiy Rozental.

### Data structures

- Any - Safe, generic container for single values of different value types , from Kevlin Henney.
- Compressed Pair - Empty member optimization, from John Maddock and Howard Hinnant.
- Optional - Discriminated-union wrapper for optional values, from Fernando Cacciola.
- Program_options - Facilities to obtain configuration data from command line, config files and other sources, from Vladimir Prus.
- Tuple - Ease definition of functions returning multiple values, and more, from Jaakko Järvi.
- Variant - Safe, generic, stack-based discriminated union container, from Eric Friedman and Itay Maman.

### Input/Output

- Format - Type-safe 'printf-like' format operations, from Samuel Krempp.
- I/O State Savers - Save I/O state to prevent jumbled data, from Daryle Walker.
- Serialization - Serialization of C++ objects for persistence and marshalling, from Robert Ramey.

### Inter-language support

- Python - Reflects C++ classes and functions into Python, from Dave Abrahams.

### Memory

- Pool - Memory pool management, from Steve Cleary.
- Smart Pointer - Five smart pointer class templates, from Greg Colvin, Beman Dawes, Peter Dimov, and Darin Adler.
- Utility - Class noncopyable plus `checked_delete`, `checked_array_delete`, `next`, `prior` function templates, plus base-from-member idiom, from Dave Abrahams and others .

### Parsing

- Spirit - LL parser framework represents parsers directly as EBNF grammars in inlined C++, from Joel de Guzman and team .

### Miscellaneous

- CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Code, from Daryle Walker.
- Compressed Pair - Empty member optimization, from John Maddock and Howard Hinnant.
- Conversion - Numeric, polymorphic, and lexical casts, from Dave Abrahams and Kevlin Henney.
- Date Time - A set of facilities to ease programming with dates and times. , from Jeff Garland.
- Filesystem - Portable paths, iteration over directories, and other useful filesystem operations, from Beman Dawes.
- Optional - Discriminated-union wrapper for optional values, from Fernando Cacciola.
- Timer - Event timer, progress timer, and progress display classes, from Beman Dawes.
- Tribool - Three-state boolean type, from Douglas Gregor.
- Utility - Class noncopyable plus `checked_delete`, `checked_array_delete`, `next`, `prior` function templates, plus base-from-member idiom, from Dave Abrahams and others .

### Broken compiler workarounds

- Compatibility - Help for non-conforming standard libraries, from Ralf Grosse-Kunstleve and Jens Maurer.
- Config - Helps boost library developers adapt to compiler idiosyncrasies; not intended for library users, from John Maddock, Beman Dawes, and Vesa Karvonen.