mip
the missing package manager for MATLAB + MEX
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HN · launched Jul 7, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 0 views
Niche: software package managers · 51 launches, 1 in the last 7 days ▼ -89% · Explore this niche →
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- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Partial A simple package manifest parser and downloader can be vibe coded, but orchestrating multi-platform compilation, linking MEX C/C++ extensions, and integrating with MATLAB's proprietary environment and toolchains requires deep MATLAB ecosystem knowledge.
What it would actually take: A real package manager requires a dependency resolver (e.g., PubGrub or SAT solver), semantic versioning, and an abstraction layer over the host platform's C/C++ compilers (MSVC, GCC, Clang) paired with the MATLAB `mex` compiler configuration. The tricky parts involve dynamically detecting MATLAB root paths, linking against proprietary `libmx` / `libmex` shared libraries across Windows, Linux, and macOS, and handling MATLAB's unique path management and namespace quirks.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 1207 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #1089 of 1208 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 249 days after the earliest competitor.
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- ppm · github · 2026-10-05 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Flint · hn · 2026-08-29 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- jpm · hn · 2026-10-04 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- teku · github · 2026-10-22 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- SCIP MIP solver bindings for Go, ported from russcip · hn · 2026-09-15 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Floe · github · 2026-10-03 · 71 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Zikky · github · 2026-10-30 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.47
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