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Clang is a compiler front end for the C, C++, Objective-C, and Objective-C++ programming languages.

Clang

Clang: a C language family frontend for LLVM

The Clang project provides a language front-end and tooling infrastructure for languages in the C language family (C, C++, Objective C/C++, OpenCL, CUDA, and RenderScript) for the LLVM project.

CLang was initially released under open-source license in 2007, and is released as part of regular LLVM releases. It’s release versions can be downloaded at LLVM website.

Frameworks

Conan

Conan is the most popular dependency and package manager for C and C++ languages. It supports also the Clang compiler.

Chris Lattner

Apart from influencing the development of LLVM (Low Level Virtual Machine), the Clang’s author is also creator of the Swift programming language, and a co-founder of MLIR compiler.

Styleguides

ClangTidy

ClangTidy is a popular standalone linter tool for C and C++ code. Its purpose is to provide an extensible framework for diagnosing and fixing typical programming errors.

ClangFormat

ClangFormat is a popular code formatter for C and C++ code. It is a tool to automatically format code, so that developers don’t need to worry about style issues.