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CLion 2023.1 is on its way, and the release candidate for v2023.1 is now available! To install CLion 2023.1 RC (build 231.8109.141), download it from the website, update via the Toolbox App, or use this snap package (for Ubuntu). You need an active subscription or a trial license to use CLion 2023.1 RC. DOWNLOAD CLION 2023.1 RC In this build, we fixed an issue in the new UI causing the CMake tool window to be hidden by default. The full release notes are available here. Give this build a try, and report any problems you find to our issue tracker. The final release is just around the corne

The Beta version of CLion is now available with the key improvements and changes that are expected in the upcoming 2023.1 release. Download build 231.8109.80 from our website, via the Toolbox App, or as a snap package (for Ubuntu). DOWNLOAD CLION 2023.1 BETA The main highlights: Docker improvements: A missing Docker image no longer causes exceptions and indefinite CMake loading in CLion, as CLion now tries to pull the image from the registry before loading CMake (CPP-32511). GDB pretty printers are now configured for the Docker toolchain (CPP-32432). CMake presets: Build prese

A new CLion 2022.3.3 bug-fix update is now available! Download build 223.8836.42 from our website, through the Toolbox App, as a snap for Ubuntu, or via patch from the IDE. Here are the highlights of this update: CMake debugger: CLion now detects the CMake errors more accurately and shows the Debug hint in all necessary cases (CPP-31585). We fixed the case when the IDE fails to connect to the CMake debugger (CPP-31587). Unit Testing: We fixed an issue in the Catch2 integration to support versions 3.2.1 and higher (CPP-31805). Linker scripts: We fixed the parsing of bina

The new CLion 2023.1 EAP build (231.8109.4) is now available to download directly from our website, via the Toolbox App, or as a snap package (if you are using Ubuntu). Update via patch if you are using the previous EAP build. DOWNLOAD CLION EAP Here are the highlights: Support for vcpkg: Packages are now updated correctly when the VCPKG_ROOT system variable is set (CPP-32215). We disabled the ability to edit the package manager settings while the package manager is still being installed to avoid conflicts and inconsistencies (CPP-32072). QML support: When Qt is used in WSL, CLi

The new CLion 2023.1 EAP build (231.7864.77) is now available to download directly from our website, via the Toolbox App, or as a snap package (if you are using Ubuntu). Update via patch if you are using the previous EAP build. DOWNLOAD CLION EAP Here are the highlights: Memory view: CLion now highlights all changed bytes in the memory view during debugging (CPP-32242). When scrolling through the memory view, CLion now automatically loads the data (CPP-31926). We fixed the high CPU usage that used to occur when opening the memory view (CPP-26616). CMake presets: CLion now corr

The new CLion 2023.1 EAP build (231.7665.29) is available from our website, via the Toolbox App, or as a snap package (if you are using Ubuntu). Update via patch if you are using the previous EAP build. DOWNLOAD CLION EAP CMake support We've been integrating CLion with CMake presets ever since their very first release. This time around, we've added support for the following: CMake presets version 4, in particular presets with the include statement. CMake presets version 5. CLion supports several project models – CMake, Makefile, compilation database, and Gradle (via a plugin). We’re wor

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The new CLion 2023.1 EAP build (231.6890.13) is available from our website, via the Toolbox App, or as a snap package (if you are using Ubuntu). Update via patch if you are using the previous EAP build. DOWNLOAD CLION EAP Terminal emulation in CLion If you develop curses or ncurses applications in CLion, you previously ran into issues with running and debugging them in the IDE. The terminal emulator was not able to run in curses mode and instead you got an "Error opening terminal: unknown" message. (CPP-822) This issue is now fixed for a wide range of use cases! For example: Starting from

The new CLion 2023.1 EAP build is available! CLion 2023.1 Early Access Program is live featuring vcpkg integration, an updated Attach to Process dialog, a new action for adding C++20 modules, support for QML syntax, and the ability to suspend and resume individual threads while debugging. Today, we’re excited to share that a new CLion 2023.1 EAP build is available. Build 231.6471.1 is available from our website, via the Toolbox App, or as a snap package (if you are using Ubuntu). Update via patch if you are using the previous EAP build. DOWNLOAD CLION EAP Here are the highlights: Support

A new CLion 2022.3.2 bug-fix update is now available! Download build 223.8617.54 from our website, through the Toolbox App, as a snap for Ubuntu, or via patch from the IDE. DOWNLOAD CLION The highlights of this update are: Reformat on save with ClangFormat works as expected again (CPP-30247). On Windows, CLion no longer breaks the project compilation with the Visual Studio toolchain when CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE is in use (CPP-29644). We fixed the incorrect code warning which happened for GCC toolchain on macOS (CPP-17646). Performance: We improved the performance of the code analysis