Clang Power Tools

Clang Power Tools is a free Visual Studio extension helping Visual Studio C++ developers leverage Clang/LLVM tools (clang++, clang-tidy and clang-format), in order to perform various code transformations and fixes like modernizing code to C++11/14/17 and finding subtle latent bugs with its static analyzer and CppCoreGuidelines checks.

Version History

Release Notes

Features

🎞️ Video Showcase

📜 Poster CppCon 2018 - Retrofit C++17 to large Visual Studio codebases

Toolbar menu

File select context-menu

The extension can be configured via the standard Visual Studio options panel.
Tools > Options > Clang Power Tools
You can customize the tool behavior as well as the clang++ compilation flags, clang-tidy checks, etc.

A list of available checks that clang-tidy can perform:

• clang-tidy checks
• clang-analyzer checks

Predefined clang-tidy checks

Custom clang-tidy wildcard checks

🆕 Built-in support for clang-format
Auto-format source file on save, configurable style options, file extension rules, etc.

PowerShell script (for CI / automation):

• clang-build.ps1

Requirements

Visual Studio 2015 / 2017 / 2019

Download and install Clang for Windows (LLVM pre-built binary)
LLVM-8.0.0-win64
releases.llvm.org/download.html

We will automatically load clang from the default installation path C:\Program Files\LLVM. If you prefer to use a different location you must manually add the bin folder to PATH.

Windows 7: Download and install at least PowerShell 3.0 (already available on Windows 10)

Tips / FAQ

Tips and Frequently asked questions

Feedback

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We're excited to hear about your experience using Clang Power Tools.