# vcpkg list

**The latest version of this documentation is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/tree/master/docs/commands/list.md).**

## Synopsis

```no-highlight
vcpkg list [options]
```

## Description

Shows a list of the packages in the installed tree, along with the version and description of each. 

## Example
```no-highlight
$ vcpkg list

cxxopts:x64-windows				3.0.0			This is a lightweight C++ option parser library...
fmt:x64-windows					9.0.0			Formatting library for C++. It can be used as a...
range-v3:x64-windows				0.12.0 			Range library for C++11/14/17/20.
vcpkg-cmake-config:x64-windows			2022-02-06#1
vcpkg-cmake:x64-windows				2022-08-18
```

## Options

All vcpkg commands support a set of [common options](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/blob/5fac018507e67a8b98141b9d4cebeb07c9bd5cba/docs/commands/common-options.md).

### `--x-full-desc`
Print the full, untruncated description of each package.