diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0e7f8b8d14..c47b2d1731 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
   url = ../protobuf.git
 [submodule "3party/Vulkan-Headers"]
   path = 3party/Vulkan-Headers
-  url = ../Vulkan-Headers.git
+  url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Headers.git
 [submodule "3party/boost"]
   path = 3party/boost
-  url = ../boost.git
+  url = https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git
   branch = boost-1.76.0
   ignore = dirty
 [submodule "3party/just_gtfs"]
@@ -21,47 +21,47 @@
   branch = for-usage-as-submodule
 [submodule "3party/expat"]
   path = 3party/expat
-  url = ../libexpat.git
+  url = https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat.git
   branch = R_2_2_9
 [submodule "3party/glm"]
   path = 3party/glm
-  url = ../glm.git
+  url = https://github.com/g-truc/glm.git
 [submodule "3party/icu/icu"]
   path = 3party/icu/icu
-  url = ../icu.git
+  url = https://github.com/unicode-org/icu.git
 [submodule "3party/freetype/freetype"]
-	path = 3party/freetype/freetype
-	url = ../freetype.git
+  path = 3party/freetype/freetype
+  url = ../freetype.git
 [submodule "3party/googletest"]
-	path = 3party/googletest
-	url = ../googletest.git
+  path = 3party/googletest
+  url = https://github.com/google/googletest.git
 [submodule "3party/fast_double_parser"]
-	path = 3party/fast_double_parser
-	url = ../fast_double_parser.git
+  path = 3party/fast_double_parser
+  url = https://github.com/lemire/fast_double_parser.git
 [submodule "3party/pugixml/pugixml"]
-	path = 3party/pugixml/pugixml
-	url = ../pugixml.git
+  path = 3party/pugixml/pugixml
+  url = https://github.com/zeux/pugixml.git
 [submodule "3party/jansson/jansson"]
-	path = 3party/jansson/jansson
-	url = ../jansson.git
+  path = 3party/jansson/jansson
+  url = https://github.com/akheron/jansson.git
 [submodule "3party/gflags"]
-	path = 3party/gflags
-	url = ../gflags
+  path = 3party/gflags
+  url = https://github.com/gflags/gflags
 [submodule "3party/fast_obj"]
-	path = 3party/fast_obj
-	url = ../fast_obj
+  path = 3party/fast_obj
+  url = https://github.com/thisistherk/fast_obj
 [submodule "3party/harfbuzz/harfbuzz"]
-	path = 3party/harfbuzz/harfbuzz
-	url = ../harfbuzz.git
+  path = 3party/harfbuzz/harfbuzz
+  url = https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.git
 [submodule "3party/utfcpp"]
-	path = 3party/utfcpp
-	url = ../utfcpp.git
+  path = 3party/utfcpp
+  url = https://github.com/nemtrif/utfcpp.git
 [submodule "3party/glfw"]
-	path = 3party/glfw
-	url = ../glfw.git
+  path = 3party/glfw
+  url = https://github.com/glfw/glfw.git
 [submodule "3party/CMake-MetalShaderSupport"]
-	path = 3party/CMake-MetalShaderSupport
-	url = ../CMake-MetalShaderSupport.git
+  path = 3party/CMake-MetalShaderSupport
+  url = https://github.com/dpogue/CMake-MetalShaderSupport.git
 [submodule "3party/imgui/imgui"]
-	path = 3party/imgui/imgui
-	url = ../imgui.git
+  path = 3party/imgui/imgui
+  url = https://github.com/ocornut/imgui
diff --git a/3party/boost b/3party/boost
index ab7968a0bb..7541b312e7 160000
--- a/3party/boost
+++ b/3party/boost
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ab7968a0bbcf574a7859240d1d8443f58ed6f6cf
+Subproject commit 7541b312e7ebf0edcae02448335f2fc5f709cd16
diff --git a/3party/pugixml/pugixml b/3party/pugixml/pugixml
index 30cc354fe3..caade5a28a 160000
--- a/3party/pugixml/pugixml
+++ b/3party/pugixml/pugixml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 30cc354fe37114ec7a0a4ed2192951690357c2ed
+Subproject commit caade5a28aad86b92a4b5337a9dc70c4ba73c5eb