Why developers like CLion

What is CLion?

Knowing your code through and through, CLion can take care of the routine while you focus on the important things. Boost your productivity with the keyboard-centric approach (Vim-emulation plugin is also available in plugin repository), full coding assistance, smart and relevant code completion, fast project navigation, intelligent intention actions, and reliable refactorings.

CLion is a tool in the Integrated Development Environment category of a tech stack.

Companies

23 companies reportedly use CLion in their tech stacks, including energy2market , Zscaler , and Graphai .

energy2market

Zscaler

Graphai

Monkey’s Studio

EXANTE

Picomto

The Boltcliq Company

Koolicar

AnypointMedia

Developers

321 developers on StackShare have stated that they use CLion .

My Stack

CBLab | Aganezov

MyTools

My Stack

FSPP

CLion Integrations

GitDuck

Woodpecker

GitLive

biicode

Pros of CLion

29

Good editor

28

Easy setup

22

Already one of the best C/C++ IDEs, even before launch

22

Powerful refactoring, extremely smart IDE

20

Cross-platform build

18

Clean, Sleek User Interface

17

Much faster and smarter than Intellisense

13

Vertically/Horizontally split windows

12

Great navigation, error messages and auto completion

9

Vim plugin

8

Not a 20gb installation

5

It is best IDE

3

Like this one because of - not a 20GB installation

2

Free Flowing C++ IDE

1

Very good Git plugin

1

IDE supports Python with all features of PyCharm CE

CLion 's Features

Smart Editor
Code Generation
CMake
Debugger
Universal Environment
Git, Mercurial, and Perforce support

CLion Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to CLion ?

Visual Studio

Visual Studio is a suite of component-based software development tools and other technologies for building powerful, high-performance applications.

Eclipse

Standard Eclipse package suited for Java and plug-in development plus adding new plugins; already includes Git, Marketplace Client, source code and developer documentation. Click here to file a bug against Eclipse Platform.

NetBeans IDE

NetBeans IDE is FREE, open source, and has a worldwide community of users and developers.

ReSharper

It is a popular developer productivity extension for Microsoft Visual Studio. It automates most of what can be automated in your coding routines. It finds compiler errors, runtime errors, redundancies, and code smells right as you type, suggesting intelligent corrections for them.

AppCode

It is an integrated development environment for Swift, Objective-C, C, C++, and JavaScript development built on JetBrains’ IntelliJ IDEA platform. It takes care of your routine tasks and saves you from extra typing.

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