diff --git a/build/CMakeLists.txt b/build/CMakeLists.txt
index 30f5389..c20fd4d 100644
--- a/build/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ target_sources(cargoxx
         ../src/resolver/conan_probe.cpp
         ../src/resolver/discover.cpp
         ../src/resolver/findmodule_scan.cpp
+        ../src/resolver/fuzzy_listing.cpp
         ../src/resolver/nix_cmake_scan.cpp
         ../src/resolver/nixpkgs_git.cpp
         ../src/resolver/nixpkgs_probe.cpp
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ target_sources(cargoxx
         ../src/resolver/verify_link.cpp
         ../src/resolver/version_resolve.cpp
         ../src/util/error.cpp
+        ../src/util/levenshtein.cpp
         ../src/util/semver.cpp
 )
 target_include_directories(cargoxx SYSTEM PRIVATE ../third_party)
diff --git a/src/resolver/discover.cpp b/src/resolver/discover.cpp
index fcd563b..d2020bb 100644
--- a/src/resolver/discover.cpp
+++ b/src/resolver/discover.cpp
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ auto discover(const std::string& name, const std::string& version_spec,
 
     std::vector<Candidate> candidates;
 
-    if (auto c = conan_probe(name); c) {
+    if (auto c = conan_probe_fuzzy(name); c) {
         candidates.push_back({"conan", recipe_from_conan(*c, name, "conan")});
     }
-    if (auto v = vcpkg_probe(name); v) {
+    if (auto v = vcpkg_probe_fuzzy(name); v) {
         candidates.push_back({"vcpkg", recipe_from_vcpkg(*v, name, "vcpkg")});
     }
     // Multi-output nix packages keep CMake configs in the `dev` output.
diff --git a/src/resolver/findmodule_scan.cpp b/src/resolver/findmodule_scan.cpp
index 842c87a..afcd2af 100644
--- a/src/resolver/findmodule_scan.cpp
+++ b/src/resolver/findmodule_scan.cpp
@@ -67,36 +67,44 @@ auto match_score(std::string_view stem, std::string_view pkg) -> int {
     return 2;
 }
 
-// Find CMake's bundled Modules dir. `cmake -E capabilities` emits JSON
-// with a `cmakeRoot` field; modules live at `${cmakeRoot}/Modules/`.
-// We parse the value with a tiny string search rather than dragging
-// nlohmann::json through this module — the field's value is always a
-// quoted string immediately after the literal `"cmakeRoot":`.
+// Find CMake's bundled Modules dir by running a one-line script that
+// prints `CMAKE_ROOT`. We can't use `cmake -E capabilities` because
+// CMake 4.x dropped the `cmakeRoot` field; `cmake -P` of a script with
+// `message("${CMAKE_ROOT}")` is the portable path. The message text
+// goes to stderr in `cmake -P` mode.
 auto find_modules_dir() -> std::optional<fs::path> {
-    auto r = exec::run("cmake",
-                       {"-E", "capabilities"},
+    auto script = fs::temp_directory_path() /
+                  std::format("cargoxx-findroot-{}.cmake",
+                               std::random_device{}());
+    {
+        std::ofstream out{script};
+        if (!out) {
+            return std::nullopt;
+        }
+        out << "message(\"${CMAKE_ROOT}\")\n";
+    }
+    auto r = exec::run("cmake", {"-P", script.string()},
                        exec::ExecOptions{
                            .cwd = fs::current_path(),
                            .env_overrides = {},
                            .timeout = std::chrono::seconds{5},
                            .inherit_stdio = false,
                        });
+    std::error_code ec;
+    fs::remove(script, ec);
     if (!r || r->exit_code != 0) {
         return std::nullopt;
     }
-    std::string_view body = r->stdout_text;
-    constexpr std::string_view key = "\"cmakeRoot\":\"";
-    auto pos = body.find(key);
-    if (pos == std::string_view::npos) {
+    // The message goes to stderr in script mode; trim and use it.
+    std::string_view body = r->stderr_text;
+    while (!body.empty() && (body.back() == '\n' || body.back() == '\r' ||
+                              body.back() == ' ' || body.back() == '\t')) {
+        body.remove_suffix(1);
+    }
+    if (body.empty()) {
         return std::nullopt;
     }
-    pos += key.size();
-    auto end = body.find('"', pos);
-    if (end == std::string_view::npos) {
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-    fs::path modules = fs::path{std::string{body.substr(pos, end - pos)}} / "Modules";
-    std::error_code ec;
+    fs::path modules = fs::path{std::string{body}} / "Modules";
     if (!fs::exists(modules, ec) || ec) {
         return std::nullopt;
     }
diff --git a/src/resolver/fuzzy_listing.cpp b/src/resolver/fuzzy_listing.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..daddcc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/resolver/fuzzy_listing.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+module;
+
+#include <json.hpp>
+
+module cargoxx.resolver;
+
+import std;
+import cargoxx.exec;
+import cargoxx.util;
+
+namespace cargoxx::resolver {
+
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
+namespace {
+
+auto network_error(std::string msg) -> util::Error {
+    return util::Error{util::ErrorCode::ResolutionNetworkError, std::move(msg),
+                       "", std::nullopt, std::nullopt};
+}
+
+auto fetch_tree_paths(const std::string& url) -> util::Result<std::vector<std::string>> {
+    auto r = exec::run("curl", {"-fsSL", "--max-time", "20", url},
+                       exec::ExecOptions{
+                           .cwd = {},
+                           .env_overrides = {},
+                           .timeout = std::chrono::seconds{30},
+                           .inherit_stdio = false,
+                       });
+    if (!r) {
+        return std::unexpected(r.error());
+    }
+    if (r->exit_code != 0) {
+        return std::unexpected(network_error(std::format(
+            "curl failed (exit {}): {}", r->exit_code, r->stderr_text)));
+    }
+    nlohmann::json j;
+    try {
+        j = nlohmann::json::parse(r->stdout_text);
+    } catch (const nlohmann::json::parse_error& e) {
+        return std::unexpected(
+            network_error(std::format("tree listing not valid JSON: {}", e.what())));
+    }
+    if (!j.contains("tree") || !j["tree"].is_array()) {
+        return std::unexpected(network_error("tree listing missing 'tree' array"));
+    }
+    std::vector<std::string> out;
+    for (const auto& entry : j["tree"]) {
+        if (entry.contains("path") && entry["path"].is_string()) {
+            out.push_back(entry["path"].get<std::string>());
+        }
+    }
+    return out;
+}
+
+auto cache_root() -> fs::path {
+    if (auto* xdg = std::getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME"); xdg && *xdg) {
+        return fs::path{xdg} / "cargoxx";
+    }
+    if (auto* home = std::getenv("HOME"); home && *home) {
+        return fs::path{home} / ".cache" / "cargoxx";
+    }
+    return fs::temp_directory_path() / "cargoxx";
+}
+
+constexpr auto INDEX_TTL = std::chrono::hours{24};
+
+auto load_or_fetch(const std::string& cache_key, const std::string& url)
+    -> util::Result<std::vector<std::string>> {
+    auto path = cache_root() / std::format("{}-index.txt", cache_key);
+    std::error_code ec;
+    if (fs::exists(path, ec) && !ec) {
+        auto age = std::chrono::system_clock::now() -
+                   std::chrono::file_clock::to_sys(fs::last_write_time(path));
+        if (age < INDEX_TTL) {
+            std::ifstream in{path};
+            if (in) {
+                std::vector<std::string> out;
+                std::string line;
+                while (std::getline(in, line)) {
+                    if (!line.empty()) {
+                        out.push_back(std::move(line));
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!out.empty()) {
+                    return out;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    auto fresh = fetch_tree_paths(url);
+    if (!fresh) {
+        return std::unexpected(fresh.error());
+    }
+    fs::create_directories(path.parent_path(), ec);
+    if (std::ofstream out{path}; out) {
+        for (const auto& p : *fresh) {
+            out << p << '\n';
+        }
+    }
+    return fresh;
+}
+
+// Levenshtein top-k filter with a max-distance gate of ⌈len/4⌉ (min 1).
+auto top_fuzzy(std::string_view query, const std::vector<std::string>& corpus,
+               std::size_t k) -> std::vector<std::string> {
+    const std::size_t cap = std::max<std::size_t>(1, (query.size() + 3) / 4);
+    struct Scored {
+        std::size_t dist;
+        std::string name;
+    };
+    std::vector<Scored> scored;
+    scored.reserve(corpus.size());
+    for (const auto& c : corpus) {
+        auto d = util::levenshtein(query, c);
+        if (d <= cap) {
+            scored.push_back({d, c});
+        }
+    }
+    std::ranges::sort(scored, [](const auto& a, const auto& b) {
+        if (a.dist != b.dist) {
+            return a.dist < b.dist;
+        }
+        return a.name < b.name;
+    });
+    std::vector<std::string> out;
+    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < std::min(k, scored.size()); ++i) {
+        out.push_back(std::move(scored[i].name));
+    }
+    return out;
+}
+
+constexpr auto FUZZY_K = std::size_t{3};
+
+} // namespace
+
+auto conan_probe_fuzzy(const std::string& name) -> util::Result<ConanRecipe> {
+    if (auto exact = conan_probe(name); exact) {
+        return exact;
+    }
+    auto index = load_or_fetch(
+        "conan",
+        "https://api.github.com/repos/conan-io/conan-center-index/git/trees/master:recipes");
+    if (!index) {
+        return std::unexpected(util::Error{
+            util::ErrorCode::ResolutionUnknownPackage,
+            std::format("no Conan recipe for '{}' and index fetch failed", name),
+            "", std::nullopt, std::nullopt,
+        });
+    }
+    auto candidates = top_fuzzy(name, *index, FUZZY_K);
+    for (const auto& cand : candidates) {
+        if (auto r = conan_probe(cand); r) {
+            return r;
+        }
+    }
+    return std::unexpected(util::Error{
+        util::ErrorCode::ResolutionUnknownPackage,
+        std::format("no Conan recipe matches '{}' (tried exact + fuzzy top-{})",
+                    name, FUZZY_K),
+        "", std::nullopt, std::nullopt,
+    });
+}
+
+auto vcpkg_probe_fuzzy(const std::string& name) -> util::Result<VcpkgRecipe> {
+    if (auto exact = vcpkg_probe(name); exact) {
+        return exact;
+    }
+    auto index = load_or_fetch(
+        "vcpkg",
+        "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/vcpkg/git/trees/master:ports");
+    if (!index) {
+        return std::unexpected(util::Error{
+            util::ErrorCode::ResolutionUnknownPackage,
+            std::format("no vcpkg port for '{}' and index fetch failed", name),
+            "", std::nullopt, std::nullopt,
+        });
+    }
+    auto candidates = top_fuzzy(name, *index, FUZZY_K);
+    for (const auto& cand : candidates) {
+        if (auto r = vcpkg_probe(cand); r) {
+            return r;
+        }
+    }
+    return std::unexpected(util::Error{
+        util::ErrorCode::ResolutionUnknownPackage,
+        std::format("no vcpkg port matches '{}' (tried exact + fuzzy top-{})",
+                    name, FUZZY_K),
+        "", std::nullopt, std::nullopt,
+    });
+}
+
+} // namespace cargoxx::resolver
diff --git a/src/resolver/resolver.cppm b/src/resolver/resolver.cppm
index 12bc8ba..4e75b99 100644
--- a/src/resolver/resolver.cppm
+++ b/src/resolver/resolver.cppm
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ auto parse_conanfile(std::string_view conanfile_text, const std::string& fallbac
 // ResolutionNetworkError.
 auto conan_probe(const std::string& name) -> util::Result<ConanRecipe>;
 
+// Like `conan_probe`, but on exact-name miss falls back to a fuzzy
+// match against the conan-center-index recipe listing using
+// Levenshtein distance ≤ ⌈len/4⌉. Returns the first fuzzy candidate
+// whose conanfile.py parses cleanly. Internal-only: the user's
+// originally-typed package name is preserved by the caller.
+auto conan_probe_fuzzy(const std::string& name) -> util::Result<ConanRecipe>;
+
 // Output of a microsoft/vcpkg port usage-file scrape.
 struct VcpkgRecipe {
     std::string find_package; // e.g. "fmt CONFIG REQUIRED"
@@ -148,6 +155,10 @@ auto parse_vcpkg_usage(std::string_view usage_text)
 // ResolutionUnknownPackage; transport errors → ResolutionNetworkError.
 auto vcpkg_probe(const std::string& name) -> util::Result<VcpkgRecipe>;
 
+// Like `vcpkg_probe`, but on exact-name miss falls back to fuzzy
+// matching against the vcpkg/ports listing (Levenshtein ≤ ⌈len/4⌉).
+auto vcpkg_probe_fuzzy(const std::string& name) -> util::Result<VcpkgRecipe>;
+
 // Caller-supplied closure that runs `cargoxx build` (or any equivalent
 // build) on a project rooted at the given path. Injected so the resolver
 // stays decoupled from `cargoxx.cli`.
diff --git a/src/util/levenshtein.cpp b/src/util/levenshtein.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d67e352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/levenshtein.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+module cargoxx.util;
+
+import std;
+
+namespace cargoxx::util {
+
+auto levenshtein(std::string_view a, std::string_view b) -> std::size_t {
+    if (a.size() < b.size()) {
+        std::swap(a, b);
+    }
+    std::vector<std::size_t> prev(b.size() + 1);
+    std::vector<std::size_t> curr(b.size() + 1);
+    std::iota(prev.begin(), prev.end(), std::size_t{0});
+
+    for (std::size_t i = 1; i <= a.size(); ++i) {
+        curr[0] = i;
+        for (std::size_t j = 1; j <= b.size(); ++j) {
+            auto cost = (a[i - 1] == b[j - 1]) ? std::size_t{0} : std::size_t{1};
+            curr[j] = std::min({
+                prev[j] + 1,
+                curr[j - 1] + 1,
+                prev[j - 1] + cost,
+            });
+        }
+        std::swap(prev, curr);
+    }
+    return prev[b.size()];
+}
+
+} // namespace cargoxx::util
diff --git a/src/util/util.cppm b/src/util/util.cppm
index 2da2707..0313b49 100644
--- a/src/util/util.cppm
+++ b/src/util/util.cppm
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ using Result = std::expected<T, Error>;
 
 auto format(const Error& e) -> std::string;
 
+// Classic Levenshtein edit distance. Used by the resolver's
+// Conan/vcpkg fuzzy match when the user's nixpkgs name doesn't appear
+// verbatim in those repositories' indexes (e.g. `sqlite` ↔ `sqlite3`).
+auto levenshtein(std::string_view a, std::string_view b) -> std::size_t;
+
 // Returns true if `version` (e.g. "10.2", "1.84.0") satisfies `range`.
 //
 // Supported range syntax: