Conan Repository Exclusive May 2026

By implementing exclusive remotes, you transform Conan from a simple package fetcher into a governance tool. You decide which packages are trusted, which repositories are authoritative, and which versions are permitted.

conan-center: https://center.conan.io [Verify SSL: True] my-private: https://artifactory.mycorp.com/artifactory/conan [Verify SSL: True] Edit your conan.conf file or use the conan config install mechanism to define exclusive routing. For example, to force all packages under the boost namespace to only come from your private repo: conan repository exclusive

When you mark a reference as exclusive to a repository, you are making a declaration: "This package (e.g., OpenSSL/3.0.0 ) exists only here. Do not look elsewhere. Do not upload elsewhere." By implementing exclusive remotes, you transform Conan from

When you generate a lockfile in a repository-exclusive environment, Conan writes the exclusive remote name into the lockfile. Later, when another developer runs conan install --lockfile=conan.lock , Conan will and fetch exclusively from the remotes listed in the lockfile. For example, to force all packages under the