// About · WG21.org

WG21.org

WG21.org is an independent platform built to make the C++ Standards Committee's work more accessible to the global developer community: easier to read, easier to discuss, and easier to participate in.

// Mission

The challenge

The C++ Standards Committee publishes its work openly: every proposal, every revision, every ballot is available to the public. But the tooling to navigate that work is minimal. Papers are hosted as flat PDF archives. Discussion is siloed in mailing lists. There is no single place a developer can go to understand what is being considered for the next C++ standard.

Nearly 15 million developers write C++ today. A tiny fraction are aware that the language evolves through a public, open process, and an even smaller fraction can attend meetings or influence that process.

Our answer

WG21.org is a platform that closes this gap. We take the committee's published outputs and make them navigable, searchable, and discussable, without replacing or competing with official channels.

  • Enhanced mailing views with filtering, search, and cross-linking

// What we provide

Enhanced Mailing

Live

The official WG21 mailing is published as a flat archive of paper PDFs. WG21.org transforms it into a searchable, filterable interface: navigate by subgroup, revision, author, or date. Each paper links directly to the canonical source.

// Principles

Open process

We surface and organize publicly available committee work. Nothing is paywalled, re-hosted, or hidden behind an account, just easier to find.

No lock-in

Every paper on WG21.org links to the authoritative source.

Neutral

This is an independent platform. It is not an official ISO or WG21 resource and does not speak for the committee.

Community run

Operated by the C++ Alliance as a public service to the developer community.

// Get involved

WG21.org is community driven. The platform is built to serve developers, not the other way around. We welcome feedback, bug reports, feature requests, and contributions to the tools and data that power it.

  1. 01

    Read mailings

    Read current and past mailings in the enhanced interface to stay informed. Filter by subgroup, author, or keyword.

  2. 02

    Share feedback

    File issues, suggest features, or reach out to the team. Community input shapes what we build next.