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# Awesome Cabal

[![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)

***A curated list of awesome resources for the Haskell Cabal build tool.***

Cabal — **C**ommon **A**rchitecture for **B**uilding **A**pplications and

**L**ibraries — is the tool to build and maintain

[Haskell](https://www.haskell.org/) packages.

## Table of Contents

 * [Resources](#resources)

 * [Installation](#installation)

 * [Introduction](#introduction)

 * [Scaffolding](#scaffolding)

 * [Cabal Configuration Format](#cabal-configuration-format)

 * [Components](#components)

 * [Backpack](#backpack)

 * [PVP](#pvp)

 * [Cabal Assistants](#cabal-assistants)

 * [CI](#ci)

 * [Integration](#integration)

 * [Custom Setup](#custom-setup)

 * [OS Manifests](#os-manifests)

 * [IDE](#ide)

 * [Cross Compilation](#cross-compilation)

 * [Cabal for Development](#cabal-for-development)

 * [Cabal in GSoC](#cabal-in-gsoc)

 * [History](#history)

 * [Community](#community)

## Resources

 * [Official website](https://www.haskell.org/cabal/)

 * [Official documentation](https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/)

 * [`haskell/cabal`](https://github.com/haskell/cabal): Official GitHub source

   repository.

## Installation

*There are various means of installing `Cabal`. Depending on your operating

system and prefered method, you can choose a suitable way to do that.*

 * [`ghcup`](https://www.haskell.org/ghcup/):

   Haskell toolchain installer for **Linux** and **macOS**.

   Use `ghcup install-cabal` command to install Cabal. Refer to the

   [documentation](https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghcup-hs) for more details.

 * [HVR ppa](https://launchpad.net/~hvr/+archive/ubuntu/ghc):

   PPA for **Ubuntu** that includes releases of `Cabal`.

 * [Windows setup](https://hub.zhox.com/posts/introducing-haskell-dev/):

   The easiest way to setup a Haskell environment on **Windows** using

   [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/).

 * [Download binary](https://www.haskell.org/cabal/download.html):

   Install `Cabal` on **all** operating systems from sources or by downloading

   the binary.

 * [`CabalChoco`](https://github.com/Mistuke/CabalChoco):

   Chocolatey sources for pure Cabal installs on **Windows**.

 * [Debian packages](https://downloads.haskell.org/debian/):

   Install packages built specifically for **Debian 9 (Stretch)**.

 * [macOS setup](https://haskell.futurice.com/):

   Python script to install `Cabal` on **macOS**.

 * [`ghcups`](https://github.com/kakkun61/ghcups):

   `ghcup` for PowerShell on **Windows**.

#### Blog posts

 * [Managing GHC versions with ghcup](https://qfpl.io/posts/multiple-ghcs-ghcup/):

   How to install different GHCs and Cabal.

## Introduction

*Write-ups and examples that could help to get into `Cabal` and start using it.*

 * [Getting started with Haskell and Cabal](https://cabal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting-started.html)

 * [Intoduction](https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/intro.html):

   Official documentation's introduction.

 * [Haskell build tools (by Kowainik)](https://kowainik.github.io/posts/2018-06-21-haskell-build-tools):

   Description of the basic workflows with the main Haskell build tools. You can

   go straight to the [Cabal section of the post](https://kowainik.github.io/posts/2018-06-21-haskell-build-tools#cabal).

 * [Introduction to Cabal (video)](https://haskell-at-work.com/episodes/2018-05-13-introduction-to-cabal.html):

   In this video Haskell at Work explores the basics of Cabal including the

   family of `new-` commands.

 * [Haskell Aliases](https://vrom911.github.io/blog/haskell-aliases):

   Shell aliases for Haskell build tools for higher productivity.

 * [Organizing Our Package](https://mmhaskell.com/blog/2020/1/6/organizing-our-package):

   Walk through the process of creating and managing a new Haskell project.

 * [Making the most of Cabal](https://lukelau.me/haskell/posts/making-the-most-of-cabal/):

   Showcase of different Cabal features.

## Scaffolding

 * [Quick start](https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/developing-packages.html#quickstart):

   Using `cabal init` command to create a project.

 * [`summoner`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/summoner):

   CLI tool for scaffolding fully configured batteries-included production-level

   Haskell projects.

 * [`summoner-tui`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/summoner-tui):

   TUI tool for scaffolding fully configured batteries-included production-level

   Haskell projects.

 * [`hi`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hi):

   Generate scaffold for cabal project.

 * [`example-cabal-project`](https://github.com/jkachmar/example-cabal-project):

   A simple example project using cabal-install, Nix, and direnv.

## `Cabal` Configuration Format

*`.cabal` files use a special format to specify package configurations.*

 * [Docs](https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/developing-packages.html#pkg-desc):

   Official documentation on the package description format.

 * [CHANGELOG](https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/file-format-changelog.html):

   Package description format specification history.

 * [Minimal cabal files](https://medium.com/@danidiaz/minimal-cabal-files-revisited-a5810215b0d9):

   Explanation of the minimal possible cabal configuration.

 * [`cabal-fmt`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-fmt):

   CLI tool to format `.cabal` files.

 * ~~[`cabal-info`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-info):

   Simple command-line interface to read and output information from the

   `.cabal` file.~~ (archived, Cabal-1.x only)

## Components

*Useful information on various Cabal components. These could be useful blog

posts on specific features, or description of handy parts of the Cabal

specification.*

 * [Common Stanzas](https://vrom911.github.io/blog/common-stanzas):

   Blog post about Cabal's common stanzas feature.

 * [Multiple Libraries](https://fgaz.me/posts/2019-11-14-cabal-multiple-libraries/):

   Blog post about Cabal's multiple libraries feature.

 * [Foreign libraries](https://qnikst.github.io/posts/2018-05-02-cabal-foreign-library.html):

   Blog post about Cabal's foreign libraries feature.

 * [Foreign libraries example](https://github.com/pdlla/haskell-ffi-cabal-foreign-library-examples):

   Example usage of foreign libraries.

 * [source-repository-package](https://cabal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cabal-project.html#specifying-packages-from-remote-version-control-locations):

   Specifying packages from remote version control locations (e.g. how to use

   GitHub dependencies in the Cabal packages).

 * [cabal gen-bounds](https://medium.com/@danidiaz/cabal-gen-bounds-630f6de716d9):

   A command to generate lower and upper bounds for dependencies in the `.cabal`

   file.

 * [`cabal-bounds`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-bounds):

   A command line program for managing the bounds/versions of the dependencies

   in a cabal file.

 * [`cabal-cargs`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-cargs):

   A command line program for extracting compiler arguments from a cabal file.

 * [Mix-ins](https://twitter.com/ChShersh/status/1053205244438503429):

   Usage of the Cabal's `mixin` feature to replace default `Prelude`.

## Backpack

*__Backpack__ is a feature that allows implementing mix-in libraries in Haskell.

Mix-in libraries can have signatures which permit implementations of values and

types to be deferred, while allowing a library with missing implementations to

still be type-checked.*

### Official documentation

 * [Edward Z. Yang thesis](https://github.com/ezyang/thesis)

 * [GHC Wiki: Backpack](https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/wikis/backpack)

 * [GHC User Guide: Module Signature](https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/latest/docs/html/users_guide/separate_compilation.html#module-signatures)

 * [Cabal user guide: `signatures` field](https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/developing-packages.html?highlight=backpack#pkg-field-library-signatures)

 * [Cabal user guide: `mixins` field](https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/developing-packages.html?highlight=backpack#pkg-field-mixins)

### Tutorials

 * [Edward Z. Yang blog](http://blog.ezyang.com/category/haskell/backpack/):

   Blog posts about Backpack implementation and usage from the Backpack author.

 * [Picnic: Put containers into backpack (by Kowainik)](https://kowainik.github.io/posts/2018-08-19-picnic-put-containers-into-a-backpack):

   This blog post walks the reader through the Backpack implementation of the

   uniform interface for containers (`Map`s and `Set`s).

 * [Really small Backpack example](https://github.com/danidiaz/really-small-backpack-example):

   A small tutorial on the very basics of the Backpack module system.

### Libraries

 * [`backpack-str`](https://github.com/haskell-backpack/backpack-str):

   Signatures for string types.

 * [`reflex-backpack`](https://github.com/ezyang/reflex-backpack):

   Backpack implementation of Reflex.

 * [`containers-backpack`](https://github.com/kowainik/containers-backpack):

   Signatures for various containers (e.g. `Map`, `HashMap`, etc.)

 * [`streamy`](https://github.com/danidiaz/streamy):

   Signatures for streaming libraries.

 * [`unpacked-containers`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/unpacked-containers):

   Unpacked sets and maps exploiting Backpack's ability to unpack through

   signatures.

### Talks

 * [Backpack to Work (by Edward Z. Yang)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3ehG4GQpxU)

 * [Picnic: put containers into a Backpack (by Dmitrii Kovanikov)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLtp3Xy7Rps)

## PVP

*It is recommended for Haskell packages to follow PvP — Package versioning

Policy.*

 * [PVP](https://pvp.haskell.org/):

   Official Haskell documentation on versioning.

 * [`pvp`](https://github.com/haskell/pvp):

   The GitHub repository to create issues against.

 * [`policeman` (by Kowainik)](https://github.com/kowainik/policeman):

   Policeman assists to properly choose the next version number according

   to PVP (Packaging Version Policy) for the Haskell packages based on the

   semantical changes to the interface.

 * [`check-pvp`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/check-pvp):

   Check whether module and package imports conform to the PVP.

## Cabal Assistants

*CLI tools that provide additional interface to `cabal-install`.*

 * [`cabal-install`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-install):

   The command-line interface for Cabal and Hackage.

 * [`vabal`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/vabal):

   The cabal companion that leverages Cabal's capabilities of working with

   different GHC versions.

 * [`hkgr`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hkgr):

   Tool to help make new releases of Haskell packages, with commands for git

   tagging, pristine sdist, and uploading to Hackage.

 * [`releaser`](https://github.com/domenkozar/releaser):

   Automation of Haskell package release process.

 * [`iridium`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/iridium):

   This tool aims to automate several typical steps when uploading a new package

   version to Hackage.

 * [Haskell package QA](https://oleg.fi/gists/posts/2018-01-08-haskell-package-qa.html):

   New things in Haskell package QA.

 * [`cabal-plan`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-plan):

   Library and utility for processing cabal's `plan.json` file.

 * [`cabal-extras`](https://github.com/phadej/cabal-extras):

   A tool suite to aid Haskell development using `cabal-install`.

 * [`cabal-helper`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-helper):

   Give Haskell development tools access to the same environment which build

   tools such as Cabal normally provide to the compiler.

 * [`cabal-sort`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-sort):

   Given a number of cabal package files, this program reads all those files and

   emits them topologically sorted according to their dependencies.

 * [`mafia`](https://github.com/haskell-mafia/mafia):

   Lightweight but opinionated wrapper around Cabal that makes working on

   Haskell projects fun and easy.

 * [`cabal-scripts`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-scripts):

   Collection of Bash Shell scripts for support of Cabal package development.

 * [`cabalish`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabalish):

   Provides access to the cabal file data for shell scripts.

 * [`cab`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cab):

   A MacPorts-like maintenance command of Haskell Cabal packages.

 * [`cabal-edit`](https://github.com/sdiehl/cabal-edit):

   A utility for managing Hackage dependencies from the command line.

 * [`cabal-clean`](https://github.com/andreasabel/cabal-clean):

   Removes compilation artefacts in dist-newstyle/build from older versions of

   the package or superseded minor versions of GHC.

### Dependencies analysers

 * [`cabalgraph`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabalgraph):

   Generate pretty graphs of module trees from `.cabal` files.

 * [`cabal-progdeps`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-progdeps):

   Show dependencies of program being built in current directory.

 * [`weeder`](https://github.com/ocharles/weeder):

   Tool for detecting redundant Cabal package dependencies that uses `.hie`

   files introduced in GHC-8.8.

 * [`packdeps`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/packdeps):

   A library and command line tool for checking if the upper bounds in your

   Cabal package's dependency list excludes the newest package available.

 * [`jailbreak-cabal`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/jailbreak-cabal):

   Strip version restrictions from build dependencies in the `.cabal` files.

## CI

*Information about how to set up Continious Integration on Haskell packages.*

#### Travis

 * [Dead simple Haskell Travis settings for cabal and stack](https://kodimensional.dev/posts/2019-02-25-haskell-travis):

   Blog post about Travis CI settings for Haskell projects with Cabal and Stack.

 * [`haskell-ci`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/haskell-ci):

   Cabal package script generator for Travis CI.

 * [Testing with Travis](https://qfpl.io/posts/testing-with-travis/):

   Blog post about how to quickly and easily set up continuous integration for

   your open source Haskell projects hosted on GitHub.

#### AppVeyor

 * [Haskell & AppVeyor Chocolatey Introduction](https://hub.zhox.com/posts/chocolatey-introduction/):

   Stey-by-step description of building Haskel packages with Chocolatey and

   Cabal on AppVeyor CI.

 * [`appveyor.yml` example](https://github.com/kowainik/tomland/blob/main/appveyor.yml):

   Minimal working example of the `appveyor.yml` configuration file.

#### GitHub Actions

 * [Dead simple cross-platform GitHub Actions for Haskell](https://kodimensional.dev/github-actions):

   Blog post about cross-platform GitHub Actions CI settings for

   Haskell projects with Cabal and Stack.

 * [`haskell-ci`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/haskell-ci):

   Cabal package script generator for GitHub Actions CI.

 * [`setup-haskell`](https://github.com/actions/setup-haskell):

   Set up your GitHub Actions workflow with a specific version of Haskell (GHC

   and Cabal).

 * [`actions/cache`](https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/examples.md#haskell---cabal):

   This action allows caching dependencies and build outputs to improve workflow

   execution time.

 * [`cabal-plan-bounds`](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/don-t-edit-dependency-bounds-manually-with-this-ci-setup/5539):

   Never write bounds manually, instead derive them from what CI is actually testing.

#### Circle CI

 * [Circle CI orbs](https://circleci.com/orbs/registry/orb/haskell-works/haskell-build-2):

   Haskell Orb that Builds a Haskell application using Cabal on Circle CI.

#### *Generic CI*

 * [`packcheck`](https://github.com/composewell/packcheck):

   Universal build and CI testing for Haskell packages. Can produce

   configurations for Travis, AppVeyor and Circle CI.

 * [`cabal-cache`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-cache):

   Tool for caching built cabal new-build packages.

 * [`hw-ci-assist`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hw-ci-assist):

   CI Assistant for Haskell projects which implements package caching.

#### Docker

 * [`docker-ghc`](https://github.com/phadej/docker-ghc):

   GHC + Cabal docker image.

 * [`ghc-musl`](https://github.com/utdemir/ghc-musl):

   Docker image with GHC+musl and Cabal for static executables.

 * [Docker Haskell example](https://oleg.fi/gists/posts/2019-07-04-docker-haskell-example.html):

   Multi-stage docker build of Haskell webapp.

#### Deployment

 * [Heroku buildpack GHC](https://github.com/begriffs/heroku-buildpack-ghc):

   Buildpack for deploying Haskell apps to Heroku.

 * [Haskell on Heroku](http://web.archive.org/web/20150423211821/https://haskellonheroku.com/tutorial/):

   This tutorial shows how to develop a simple Haskell web app and deploy it to

   Heroku.

## Integration

*Cabal integration with other configuration languages and formats.*

 * [`dhall-to-cabal`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/dhall-to-cabal):

   Compiles Dhall expressions to Cabal files.

 * [`cabal-to-dhall`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/dhall-to-cabal):

   The opposite of `dhall-to-cabal`. Compiles Cabal to Dhall expressions.

 * [`cabal2nix`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal2nix):

   Convert Cabal files into Nix build instructions.

 * [`nix2cabal`](https://github.com/bef0/nix2cabal):

   The opposite of `cabal2nix`. It lets you define a Haskell package in Nix and

   generate a Cabal file using that definition.

 * [`cabal2bazel`](https://github.com/google/cabal2bazel):

   A tool to help with fetching Cabal packages from Hackage and importing them

   as packages into `cabal2bazel`.

 * [`cargo-cabal`](https://github.com/yvan-sraka/cargo-cabal):

   A tool that helps you to turn in one command a Rust crate into a Haskell Cabal library.

 * [`jenga`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/jenga):

   Generate a `cabal.freeze` file from a `stack.yaml`.

 * [`stack2cabal`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/stack2cabal):

   Convert stack projects to `cabal.project` + `cabal.project.freeze`.

 * [`shake-cabal`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/shake-cabal):

   A library for using `shake` alongside Cabal.

## Custom Setup

*`Setup.hs` helpers to use in `custom-setup` stanzas with the `Custom` build

type.*

 * [Dependencies for Cabal Setup.hs and other goodies](http://www.well-typed.com/blog/2015/07/cabal-setup-deps/)

 * [`autopack`](https://github.com/kowainik/autopack) (by Kowainik): Automatically discovers Haskell modules and populates `exposed-modules`.

 * [`proto-lens-setup`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/proto-lens-setup):

   Cabal support for codegen with `proto-lens`.

 * [`liquidhaskell-cabal`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/liquidhaskell-cabal):

   Liquid Haskell integration for Cabal and Stack.

 * [`liquidhaskell-cabal-demo`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/liquidhaskell-cabal-demo):

   Demo of Liquid Haskell integration for Cabal and Stack.

 * [`cabal-build-programs`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-build-programs):

   Lets you use custom Cabal fields for executable dependencies.

 * [`chs-cabal`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/chs-cabal):

   Cabal with c2hs dependencies.

 * [`ats-setup`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/ats-setup):

   ATS scripts for Cabal builds.

 * [`asset-bundle`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/asset-bundle):

   A build-time Cabal library that bundles executables with assets.

 * [`cabal-bundle-clib`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-bundle-clib):

   Bundling C/C++ projects in Cabal package made easy.

 * [`cabal-toolkit`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-toolkit):

   Helper functions for writing custom `Setup.hs` scripts.

 * [`quipper-cabal`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/quipper-cabal):

   Some functions to aid in the creation of Cabal packages for Quipper.

## OS Manifests

*Tools to generate system packages meta information from Haskell packages.*

 * [`cabal-debian`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-debian):

   Create a Debianization for a Cabal package.

 * [`cabal-flatpak`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-flatpak):

   Generate a FlatPak manifest from a Cabal package description.

 * [`cabal-macosx`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-macosx):

   Cabal support for creating Mac OSX application bundles.

 * [`cabal-rpm`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-rpm):

   RPM packaging tool for Haskell Cabal-based packages.

 * [`cabal2spec`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal2spec):

   Convert Cabal files into rpm spec files.

 * [`cblrepo`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cblrepo):

   Tool to simplify managing a consistent set of Haskell packages for

   distributions.

 * [`exherbo-cabal`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/exherbo-cabal):

   Generates package description from `.cabal` files in format of exheres-0

   for Exherbo Linux.

 * [`hackport`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hackport):

   A command line tool to manage an overlay of Gentoo ebuilds that are generated

   from a hackage repo of Cabal packages.

## IDE

*Helper tools for Cabal support in various Integrated Development Environments.*

 * [Haskell IDE Setup with cabal and nix](https://github.com/shivamashtikar/haskell-setup):

   Haskell setup for vscode with cabal and nix.

 * [`codex`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/codex):

   A ctags file generator for Cabal project dependencies.

 * [`vim-cabal-indent`](https://github.com/h-youhei/vim-cabal-indent):

   `.cabal` files indentation plugin for Vim.

 * [`vim-syntax-haskell-cabal`](https://github.com/Twinside/vim-syntax-haskell-cabal):

   Cabal syntax highlighting plugin for Vim.

## Cross Compilation

 * [The Haskell Cabal and cross compilation](https://medium.com/@zw3rk/the-haskell-cabal-and-cross-compilation-e9885fd5e2f):

   Cross compiling packages with Cabal.

## Cabal for Development

*Haskell libraries to parse and work with files in the Cabal format.*

 * [`Cabal`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/Cabal):

   Official library to parse and analyze `.cabal` files.

 * [`cabal-lenses`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-lenses):

   Lenses and traversals for the `Cabal` library.

 * [`cabal-install-parsers`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-install-parsers):

   Parsers for `.cabal`, `cabal.project`, `cabal.config` and `01-index.tar`

   files.

 * [`cabal-file-th`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-file-th):

   Template Haskell expressions for reading fields from a project's cabal file.

 * [`cabal-test-quickcheck`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-test-quickcheck):

   QuickCheck for Cabal.

 * [`cabal-doctest`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-doctest):

   A Setup.hs helper for doctests running.

 * [`doctest-extract`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/doctest-extract):

   Standalone extraction of doctest code. Optionally emits a list of Test modules for insertion in a Cabal package description.

 * [`simple-cabal`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/simple-cabal):

   Find and read `.cabal` files, and a Cabal dependency compatibility layer.

 * [`cabal-file`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-file):

   Cabal file access.

## Cabal in GSoC

*Work on Cabal during Google Summer of Code.*

 * [GSoC 2018: `cabal new-{install,repl,run,clean,sdist}`, Cabal scripts](https://typedr.at/posts/what-i-did-on-my-summer-vacation/):

   Description of work to finish bringing Cabal’s Nix-style local builds (the

   new- commands, at least for now) up to parity with the old stateful

   methodology of using `cabal-install`.

 * [GSoC Cabal Nix](https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/wikis/commentary/gsoc-cabal-nix):

   How bringing Nix-style package management facilities to cabal can solve

   various cabal problems and help in effective mitigation of cabal hell.

## History

 * [Old Cabal](https://www.haskell.org/cabal/old.html):

   Really old Cabal stuff.

 * [Announcing New Cabal](http://blog.ezyang.com/2016/05/announcing-cabal-new-build-nix-style-local-builds/):

   `cabal new-build`, also known as “Nix-style local builds”, is a new command

   inspired by Nix that comes with `cabal-install 1.24`.

 * [Cabal 2.0](http://coldwa.st/e/blog/2017-09-09-Cabal-2-0.html):

   What's new in Cabal and `cabal-install` 2.0.

## Community

 * [cabal-devel](http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cabal-devel):

   Development discussion takes place on the cabal-devel mailing list.

 * [Libraries mailing list](http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries):

   Questions can be sent to the Haskell libraries mailing list.

 * [Issue reporting](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/issues/new):

   GitHub issue creation page.

## Contribute to this repository

Improvements to the Awesome Cabal list are more than welcome. Please read the

[contributing guidelines](https://github.com/kowainik/awesome-cabal/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md),

go ahead and make the difference!

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