sz3 · eliiran1231 · Aug 10, 2026
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 
+if(DEFINED CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE AND CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.14")
+	set(X_VCPKG_APPLOCAL_DEPS_INSTALL ON CACHE BOOL "Install vcpkg runtime dependencies with executables")
+endif()
+
 project ( libcimbar )
 enable_testing()
 
 if (MSVC)
-    add_compile_options(/FI "iso646.h")
+	add_compile_options(/FI "iso646.h" /utf-8)
 endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION TRUE)
@@ -39,6 +43,16 @@ else()  # if not wasm, go find opencv. 3 or 4 should both work
 	include_directories(${OpenCV_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 endif()
 
+if(MSVC)
+	find_package(glfw3 CONFIG REQUIRED)
+	find_package(unofficial-angle CONFIG REQUIRED)
+	set(PLATFORM_GL unofficial::angle::libGLESv2 unofficial::angle::libEGL)
+	get_target_property(ANGLE_EGL_RELEASE_DLL unofficial::angle::libEGL IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE)
+	get_target_property(ANGLE_EGL_DEBUG_DLL unofficial::angle::libEGL IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG)
+else()
+	set(PLATFORM_GL GL)
+endif()
+
 if(DEFINED BUILD_PORTABLE_LINUX)
 	find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 	pkg_check_modules(OPENCV4 REQUIRED opencv4)
@@ -105,4 +119,9 @@ foreach(proj ${PROJECTS})
 	add_subdirectory(${proj} build/${proj})
 endforeach()
 
+if(MSVC)
+	install(FILES "${ANGLE_EGL_RELEASE_DLL}" DESTINATION bin CONFIGURATIONS Release RelWithDebInfo MinSizeRel)
+	install(FILES "${ANGLE_EGL_DEBUG_DLL}" DESTINATION bin CONFIGURATIONS Debug)
+endif()
+
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ make install
 
 By default, libcimbar will try to install build products under `./dist/bin/`.
 
+### Windows (MSVC + vcpkg)
+
+Install Visual Studio with the Desktop development with C++ workload, CMake 3.14 or newer, and [vcpkg](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg). Set `VCPKG_ROOT` to the vcpkg checkout, then configure and build from PowerShell:
+
+```
+cmake -S . -B build-windows -A x64 "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$env:VCPKG_ROOT/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"
+cmake --build build-windows --config Release --target cimbar_send cimbar_recv cimbar_recv2 --parallel
+cmake --install build-windows --config Release
+```
+
+The included `vcpkg.json` installs OpenCV, GLFW, and ANGLE during configuration. The executables and their runtime DLLs are installed under `./dist/bin/`.
+
 To build cimbar.js (what cimbar.org uses), see [WASM](WASM.md).
 
 ## Usage

diff --git a/src/exe/cimbar/CMakeLists.txt b/src/exe/cimbar/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ target_link_libraries(cimbar
 	${CPPFILESYSTEM}
 )
 
-add_custom_command(
-	TARGET cimbar POST_BUILD
-	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar> cimbar.dbg
-	COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} -g $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar>
-)
+if(NOT MSVC)
+	add_custom_command(
+		TARGET cimbar POST_BUILD
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar> cimbar.dbg
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} -g $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar>
+	)
+endif()
 
 install(
 	TARGETS cimbar

diff --git a/src/exe/cimbar_extract/CMakeLists.txt b/src/exe/cimbar_extract/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ target_link_libraries(cimbar_extract
 	${OPENCV_LIBS}
 )
 
-add_custom_command(
-	TARGET cimbar_extract POST_BUILD
-	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_extract> cimbar_extract.dbg
-	COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} -g $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_extract>
-)
+if(NOT MSVC)
+	add_custom_command(
+		TARGET cimbar_extract POST_BUILD
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_extract> cimbar_extract.dbg
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} -g $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_extract>
+	)
+endif()
 
 install(
 	TARGETS cimbar_extract

diff --git a/src/exe/cimbar_recv/CMakeLists.txt b/src/exe/cimbar_recv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,17 +16,26 @@ target_link_libraries(cimbar_recv
 	cimbar_js
 	extractor
 
-	GL
+	${PLATFORM_GL}
 	glfw
 	${OPENCV_LIBS}
 	opencv_videoio
 )
 
-add_custom_command(
-	TARGET cimbar_recv POST_BUILD
-	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_recv> cimbar_recv.dbg
-	COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} -g $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_recv>
-)
+if(MSVC)
+	add_custom_command(
+		TARGET cimbar_recv POST_BUILD
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
+			$<TARGET_FILE:unofficial::angle::libEGL>
+			$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:cimbar_recv>
+	)
+else()
+	add_custom_command(
+		TARGET cimbar_recv POST_BUILD
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_recv> cimbar_recv.dbg
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} -g $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_recv>
+	)
+endif()
 
 install(
 	TARGETS cimbar_recv

diff --git a/src/exe/cimbar_recv2/CMakeLists.txt b/src/exe/cimbar_recv2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,15 +16,29 @@ target_link_libraries(cimbar_recv2
 	cimbar_js
 	extractor
 
-	GL
+	${PLATFORM_GL}
 	glfw
 	${OPENCV_LIBS}
 	opencv_videoio
 )
 
-add_custom_command(
-	TARGET cimbar_recv2 POST_BUILD
-	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_recv2> cimbar_recv2.dbg
-	COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} -g $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_recv2>
+if(MSVC)
+	add_custom_command(
+		TARGET cimbar_recv2 POST_BUILD
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
+			$<TARGET_FILE:unofficial::angle::libEGL>
+			$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:cimbar_recv2>
+	)
+else()
+	add_custom_command(
+		TARGET cimbar_recv2 POST_BUILD
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_recv2> cimbar_recv2.dbg
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} -g $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_recv2>
+	)
+endif()
+
+install(
+	TARGETS cimbar_recv2
+	DESTINATION bin
 )
 
diff --git a/src/exe/cimbar_send/CMakeLists.txt b/src/exe/cimbar_send/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,11 +16,20 @@ target_link_libraries(cimbar_send
 	cimbar_js
 )
 
-add_custom_command(
-	TARGET cimbar_send POST_BUILD
-	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_send> cimbar_send.dbg
-	COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} -g $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_send>
-)
+if(MSVC)
+	add_custom_command(
+		TARGET cimbar_send POST_BUILD
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
+			$<TARGET_FILE:unofficial::angle::libEGL>
+			$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:cimbar_send>
+	)
+else()
+	add_custom_command(
+		TARGET cimbar_send POST_BUILD
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_send> cimbar_send.dbg
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} -g $<TARGET_FILE:cimbar_send>
+	)
+endif()
 
 install(
 	TARGETS cimbar_send

diff --git a/src/lib/cimbar_js/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/cimbar_js/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ else()
 	)
 endif()
 
+if(MSVC)
+	target_compile_definitions(cimbar_js PUBLIC CIMBAR_USE_ANGLE)
+endif()
+
 target_link_libraries(cimbar_js
 
 	cimb_translator
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ if(DEFINED USE_WASM)
 
 else()  # if no wasm, ignore all that and add in GLFW libraries
 	target_link_libraries(cimbar_js
-		GL
+		${PLATFORM_GL}
 		glfw
 	)
 endif()

diff --git a/src/lib/gui/window_glfw.h b/src/lib/gui/window_glfw.h
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ class window_glfw
 			return;
 		}
 
+#ifdef CIMBAR_USE_ANGLE
+		glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CLIENT_API, GLFW_OPENGL_ES_API);
+		glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_CREATION_API, GLFW_EGL_CONTEXT_API);
+		glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3);
+		glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 0);
+#endif
+
 		_w = glfwCreateWindow(width, height, title.c_str(), NULL, NULL);
 		if (!_w)
 		{

diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "name": "libcimbar",
+  "version-string": "0.6.7c",
+  "builtin-baseline": "ddd110b8a05cda14b8f1b0333a1d80c4fb6f16cd",
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "name": "angle",
+      "platform": "windows & !mingw"
+    },
+    "glfw3",
+    "opencv4"
+  ]
+}