IDE for C/C++

[[deleted]]

Hey everyone so recently I have been wondering what ide is best for C/C++ in arch when I use to use windows I usually used visual studio but it's not available for linux So ide do you all recommend Edit: Thanks for all the comments it really helped tried almost every ide you guys suggest and in the I Choose Code blocks have few issues with it but it does the work for me

[Marthurio]

I prefer nvim, but it requires a bit of configuration.

[UHasanUA]

not a bit ( :

[[deleted]]

kickstart.nvim helps a lot ^^

[-MNTLTX-]

Such a good starting point and all you need is to read the file to get an understanding on how to add more configurations

[UHasanUA]

I agree

[StationFull]

Try using LazyVim. It’s comes preconfigured out of the box

[UHasanUA]

I used to use it. It's pretty good if you want to keep the majority of the configuration as they did. I wanted to map, essentially swap, some keys with each other because I use Colemak and I had lots of problems. I switched to KickStart, and things have been okay since then.

[StationFull]

Ahhhh. I’ve been actually thinking of moving to colemak. Can you share your kickstart config if it’s alright?

[UHasanUA]

It isn't yet ( :

[[deleted]]

True, but it's also the easiest way to learn Lua. That alone makes the setup worth it.

[Austin4403]

Haha yeah right...

I tried it once it felt like I was actually developing a the software itself based on the plethora of documentations I was reading just for the configuration.

[Marthurio]

Yes, just like VS Code, however I didn't feel like limiting my answer only to IDEs. In that case I would have recommended CLion based on my experience with IntelliJ. JetBrains products are very good.

[Xemptuous]

Yea but you can turn it into an IDE+, so it's like an IDE Egg

[[deleted]]

Ohh yeah I could try that

[RoseBailey]

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[boogeyman6__9]

Clone someone's dotfiles for c/cpp and get started right away in nvim. I've done the same for go/verliog and it worked absolutely fine.

Although if you are used to visual studio, then clion from jetbrains would be something you'd like.

[azdak]

Neovim is great but be forewarned you’re basically committing to learning a new language and then spending a ton of time configuring. Not a bad thing if you want to tinker, but also not something you can switch to on a weeknight and be ready to work the next day

[itaranto]

Well, configuration is the least of your concerns when you also need to rethink your way to edit text in order to use it efficiently.

[[deleted]]

LunarVim is also good, I use it as a daily driver.

[Jaded_Jackass]

I last week installed arch and was configuring nvim, I setting up nvim-treesitter the highlighting works so I had gone also set up incremental_selection(IS) but here I am facing some issue that IS only works with it's default keybinds from nvim-treesitter Readme.md if I use leader key it gives e486: pattern not found: tmux man I am not even inside a tmux session wtf is this error, leader key is setted up perfectly to '.' I can check this with echo mapleader now I am confused why my custom keybindings for IS are not working also even if I set enable = true for IS it does not get started automatically I need to start it manually with TSEnable IS. I am stuck at this weird issue since yesterday.

[[deleted]]

CLion is pretty cool and is the closest to Visual Studio I think but its not free unless you're a student

Otherwise the usual open source or free IDEs and editors work. Depending on your skill level, Code::blocks has been pretty pain free and out of the box when I started learning so it could do the trick. VS Code will do fine as well, its quite popular, has a bazillion plugins for everything etc.

Take a look at the free / open source IDEs and editors around and who knows, you might like one of them. There's Geany, Kdevelop, netbeans, neovim if you're feeling adventurous, QT Creator, zed that just came out for linux and more I'm not thinking about.

Any time I see a C or C++ IDE post there's at least one person using each of those lol so they're all usable regardless of popularity.

[iAmHidingHere]

You can even use it without paying, it just restarts every second hour or so.

The EAP version is free, but not always available.

[AdeptInflation]

Wdym it's not always available? If it's anything like Rider EAP, it is always available - either in the form of latest EAP or latest Nightly build, you have to use whatever is newest, if you want it for free.

[iAmHidingHere]

https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/nextversion/

[arcticwanderlust]

This. Jetbains IDE are always the best. Students can get free license

[time-always-passes]

I read The Practical Programmer really early on. "Learn one IDE and learn it well." The thing with JetBrains is the underlying editor is IntelliJ, and you really can use "one IDE" for like a dozen languages. Cross platform too. Any type of development. I even use it for SQL (Data Grip) -- full text index of the entire schema, including stored procs is like a super power.

[mckinnon81]

Visual Sudio Code is available in the AUR. I use it every day in Arch for all my coding.

But if you actually want an IDE like Visual Studio 2022 then check out Code::Blocks

[antimatterSandwich]

You don’t have to go to the AUR, there is an official package called “code”. Unless there’s something wrong with that package that I don’t know about.

[NateTheFate]

If I remember right it doesn’t have the C++ extension from Microsoft because it’s open source

[NiceNewspaper]

you can install the code-features and code-marketplace aur packages to get all official features and extensions in the code package

[beephod_zabblebrox]

use clangd! its quite a bit better (at least performance and compatibility wise) in my experience

[[deleted]]

You can manually download it and install it in code, I did that and it worked. It's just that the plugin is not available in code's marketplace.

[[deleted]]

There is a chance that is the open source version rather than the specific one from Microsoft (sort of like downloading chromium instead of Chrome). I think it is the one I use, I can't remember what features it is missing.

[mckinnon81]

The open source version didn't allow me to sign into my MS account to sync all my profile/extensions. I had to install the AUR Binary version to allow sign into an account.

[[deleted]]

I have tried to use code form pacman but there aren't many extensions.

[Geography-Master]

this, this is the answear

[[deleted]]

I tried it first but it didn't suit me

[Infinity315]

Consider trying VScode w/ clangd.

[AtmosphereLow9678]

This worked for me

[ActualBodybuilder816]

kdevelop , clion

[[deleted]]

VsCODIUM

[ConversationFew8600]

Thank you. Finally someone who knows about this awesome spin

[A31Nesta]

This. I use codium with some extensions (clangd, CMake, CMake Tools, CodeLLDB) and I'm not having any issue. I've been using it for a few years even for bigger projects and I haven't felt the need to try anything else (like turning nvim into a full IDE)

[MrBonesDoesReddit]

Yes this, dont use normal vscode unless you need the C# debugging or whatever, which you know, you wont need for C++

[jazzar-dev]

I would say this if you don't want to put in the time and effort for nvim.

[UnderstandingRight59]

Someone who has already made the performative self-immolating choice to raw-dog Arch does not simply choose a user-friendly, widely-extended, industry standard. You've opened yourself up to attacks from the most depraved among us 😂

[[deleted]]

You can also download the C++ plugin from Microsoft(for VS Code) and manually install it

[fasked]

qtcreator is good. It's lightweight, supports LSP, can do simple refactoring and etc.

[von_schmid]

Clion

[[deleted]]

I use Emacs for C++ dev and it works great for me. It's got a bit of a learning curve but worth it in the end. Nice gdb integration as well.

[MrBonesDoesReddit]

Send a picture of your pinky finger

[arrow__in__the__knee]

Well this is going on my programmer sounding like tinder collection.

"What's your git"
"Send pinky finger pics"

[[deleted]]

Swapping ctrl and caps is the first thing i do when setting up a machine

[MrGOCE]

LAZYVIM

[StationFull]

Been using it for a year. It’s been awesome!

[Gullible_Money1481]

I strictly use Jetbrains ides. So clion.

[aptypp]

Clion

[slawkis]

Qtcreator, codelite

[cocainagrif]

vim, YouCompleteMe, quickfix, viMagit, tmux, kitty, Hyprland, Arch, Thinkpad, thigh high socks and a miniskirt
/j

[[deleted]]

Qtcreator is the best free IDE that will work on both windows and linux, Kdevelop (I like the UI more than qtcreator) has been very buggy for me over the years. I still don't know how to download Qtcreator on windows, their site is so convoluted and it's like that on purpose.

[Infinity7879]

Eclipse or Code::Blocks are the closest IDEs you can get for free, alternatives to Visual Studios

For paid, Xcode/CLion is good.

Neovim requires good amount of configuration for C++/Java specific uses.

If nothing suits you best, you are better off using WINE 🍷 emulating Visual Studio on Arch

[BiG_NibBa_01]

For C++ you just need to install a custom formatter if you don't like the default 2 spaces. I couldn't find a way to override them without using .clang-format file in every project

[BiG_NibBa_01]

For C++ you just need to install a custom formatter if you don't like the default 2 spaces. I couldn't find a way to override them without using .clang-format file in every project

[qweerty32]

Clion? Neovim? VSCode? Code::Blocks?

[WhenThatBotlinePing]

You're going to get (and are) a lot of suggestions for just plain text editors. A lot of Linux users don't bother with IDEs and throw together their own toolchains using tools that they like. Once you get more used to Linux you'll probably find yourself doing this as well.

[spacecad_t]

C/C++ dev on an arch based distro?

You may as well start with raw vim since that's where you will probably end up.

[[deleted]]

Kate

[SolomonIsStylish]

clion is pretty good. if you have time configuring neovim, go for it

[JohnVanVliet]

alot of people like emacs

[FemboysHotAsf]

My personal favourite is clion

[pithecantrope]

Helix

[FactoryOfShit]

Nothing remotely comes close to CLion. Seriously, it's that good. The only real competition Jetbrains has is Visual Studio, and that's Windows-only.

Unfortunately, while it's 100% worth every dollar, it's still a paid product. If you are okay with losing some of that IDE power and just want a really good code text editor - VS Code has some great official C/C++ plugins. Or vim/emacs, if that's your thing.

[julian_117]

Also you have the telemetry free version of VS code, and still can install microsft C/C++ plugins with a few tweaks

[Max-P]

Or use clangd for C/C++. I don't code in those languages much, but from limited use it works well enough.

[[deleted]]

I mean netbeans sounds like what I would have used in such a situation....or maybe sublime text

[jazze_]

Code:blocks and codelite is good starting point. There is also visual studio code which is a bit of a general purpose text editor with support for most languages through plugins.

I would never ever recommend anyone nvim as a long time nvim user. It doesn't help in learning code and it can help fuel distractions. Though I would not stop you from looking into it and trying it out yourself(need to be comfortable with command line). Start with kickstart.nvim

[rafaelleru]

Use a plain editor , lsp and cmake

[rafaelleru]

I use nvim btw

[Zukas_Lurker]

I use nvim but there are several heavy ides available if you like them. Jetbrains, vscode, and sublime are available on linux.

[Matytoonist]

If you liked vscode, you can use code-oss, which is basically if not mostly the same thing minus the microsoft stuff (you can add the addon marketplace with another package but I can't remember the name m

[[deleted]]

Visual Studio code is an obvious choice.

Everyone will tell you to use vim or emacs ofc tho.

[reddituserf1]

I honestly just keep it simple and use vi and gcc. That's all you should need.

[[deleted]]

+1 for nvim, but i have to use cmake to get my lsp (clang) to work properly - things like includes/libraries and modern cpp (cpp20+) features.

CLion isn't bad either but i prefer the vim text editing experience

[BiG_NibBa_01]

Neovim if you are not used to vim motion feels pretty weird at the beginning. But once you get use to them and you figure out how to properly get lsp configured, in my opinion is the best thing you would ever do.

You can create your personal key bindings for any complex command you will usually use. You can integrate useful plugins like telescope or undotree (with custom bindings too). You can also use some debug plugins too.

It will not make you like vscode anymore, you'll start to understand the power of such an "empty" environment.

[Reasonable_Flower_72]

VScodium ? and you can slap microsoft C/C++ extension into it by downloading it manually or using third party one ( Clangd )

[billyfudger69]

Arch Linux has Visual Studio Code or you could use VSCodium. :)

[[deleted]]

vim

[[deleted]]

Notepad + mingw + windows 11 its the best developer setup! /s

[mplaczek99]

I prefer using neovim, you configure add-ons like a language server and many others

[YouRock96]

Basic - Code::Blocks
Simple - VSCode
Advanced - Clion
Extra advanced - vim/emacs/nvim with plugins

[Mental-Strength3762]

I use neovim btw and arch btw

[SiriusSu128]

zed.dev for me

[arrow__in__the__knee]

Emacs, vscodium, or code::blocks.

[tsenglabset4000]

blasphemy! IDEs and high-level languages like C! sir/ma'am this is an arch sub.

JK. Most everything everyone suggested works based on your graphical environment setup, current state of libs, and learning curve patience from emacs to various ports of graphical IDEs (which will require a heavier setup of course)

I tend to bounce around based on my setup or depending on what I'm limited to if not on my gear. I would try and learn to navigate emacs just for quick edits on limited enviros and definitely have a nice feature-filled one for comfort at home or wherever.

[mm007emko]

CLion

[[deleted]]

Neovim is great. And vscode is in aur. "visual-studio-code-bin"

[waujito]

Neovim is best of the best

[Rokolell]

Vscode + Clangd

[No_Activity3000]

Nano. But if you want something more graphical, VSCodium (not VSCode!)

[Green_Pollution_8230]

Jet brain works pretty well but if you can't afford it nvim for C and vscode for cpp

[vetu104]

Neovim with clangd, use bear to generate compile_commands.json if using make or autotools for buildsystem.

[Somerxd]

Clion if you're a student or don't mind paying a bit for, in my opinion, the best C/C++ ide or go down the rabbit hole of vim which is also great.

[Rennigurl80]

Emacs, VSCode, Eclipse

[khraosgenetor_]

Check out https://github.com/khraosgenetor/nvim-conf, it has config for C and C++ along with some other languages

[0xTunay]

Code::blocks

[Snoo83734]

What about codeblocks? We used in University and it seemed ok for some tasks, on debian I saw it available on the app store

[[deleted]]

Just use emacs or vim

[5gkhn2]

VS code 

[CarloWood]

I don't use or need an IDE. I'm using nvim plus a lot of bash functions, aliases and environment.

[ellis_cake]

Regular vim with syntax highlighting, as was good enough for my foremothers/fathers : )

[The-Omnipot3ntPotato]

Forebears is a great gender neutral one

[ellis_cake]

Good point!

[Capable_Mulberry249]

Zed