List of C++ IDEs for Linux

The following are some of C++ IDEs for linux −

Eclipse Galileo with CDT Plugin

Eclipse is a well-known open source and cross platform IDE. It provides full functional C/C++ IDE with the following features −

• Code editor with support for syntax highlighting

• Support for folding and hyperlink navigation

• Source code refactoring plus code generation

• Tools for visual debugging such as memory, registers etc.

NetBeans IDE

NetBeans is free, open source and popular IDE for C/C++. These are some of its features −

• Support for automatic packaging of compiled application into .tar, .zip and many more archive files

• Support for multiple compilers such as GNU, Clang/LLVM, Cygwin, Oracle Solaris Studio and MinGW

• Support for remote development

• File navigation

KDevelop

KDevelop is also free and open source and it is available for linux, mac os etc. Some of its features are −

• Support for Clang-based C/C++ plugin

• KDE config migration support

• Revival of Oketa plugin support

• Support for different line editings in various views and plugins

CodeBlocks

Code::Blocks is a free, highly extensible and configurable, cross-platform C++ IDE.

There are some following features −

• Multiple compiler support including GCC, clang, Borland C++ 5.5, digital mars plus many more

• Very fast, no need for makefiles

• Multi-target projects

• Workspace that supports combining of projects

CodeLite

CodeLite is also a free, open-source, cross-platform IDE designed and built specifically for C/C++, JavaScript (Node.js) and PHP programming. Some of the features are −

• Support for refactoring

• Code navigation

• Remote development using built-in SFTP

• Source control plugins

Sublime Text Editor

Sublime Text is a well defined, multi-platform text editor designed and developed for code, markup. The following are some of its features −

• Multiple selections

• Command palette

• Goto anything functionality

• Distraction free mode