C/C++ Clang Command Adapter installs statistics
By Yasuaki MITANI · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
Completion and Diagnostic for C/C++/Objective-C using Clang Command
C/C++ Clang Command Adapter has 2,013,185 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #345 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.3 out of 5 from 27 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 4.33 / 5 from 27 ratings
About C/C++ Clang Command Adapter
C/C++ Clang Command Adapter
Completion and Diagnostic for C/C++/Objective-C using Clang command.
Important Notes
Clang project officialy starts to implement Language Server named _clangd_. (https://github.com/llvm-mirror/clang-tools-extra/tree/master/clangd)
This extension was renamed to C/C++ Clang Command Adapter to avoid confusion, because this extension is unofficial and only parse output of clang command.
Requirements
• Install Clang • For Max OS X, Clang is installed with Xcode Command Line Tools and PATH is configured automatically. • Configure the PATH environment variable so that you can execute clang command. • or specify clang.executable configuration (See the next section for detail)
Configuration
You can use configuration interface of Visual Studio Code. (Press F1 and type User Settings or Workspace Settings)
Common
• clang.executable: Clang command or the path to the Clang executable (default: clang) • clang.cflags, clang.cxxflags, clang.objcflags: Compiler Options for C/C++/Objective-C
Completion
• clang.completion.enable: Enable/disable completion feature (default: true) • clang.completion.maxBuffer: Tolerable size of clang output for completion (default: 8 * 1024 * 1024 bytes) • clang.completion.triggerChars: Trigger completion when the user types one of the characters (default: [".", ":", ">"])
Diagnostic
• clang.diagnostic.enable: Enable/disable diagnostic feature (default: true) • clang.diagnostic.maxBuffer: Tolerable size of clang output for diagnostic. (default: 256 * 1024 bytes) • clang.diagnostic.delay: The delay in millisecond after which diagnostic starts (default: 500)
Variables
Configurations support some variables which are available in tasks.json. They can be used inside of strings (e.g. "-I${workspaceRoot}/include")
• ${workspaceRoot} • ${cwd} • ${env.ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE}
Note
Since version 0.2.0, clang.diagnosticDelay, clang.enableCompletion, clang.enableDiagnostic is deprecated. Please update as follows:
• clang.enableCompletion -> clang.completion.enable • clang.enableDiagnostic -> clang.diagnostic.enable • clang.diagnosticDelay -> clang.diagnostic.delay
Command
• ClangCommandAdapter: Show Executable and Compile Options: Showing Clang executable and compile options for the active editor. • ClangCommandAdapter: Trust Workspace: Trust the current workspace. (see #Security) • ClangCommandAdapter: Untrust Workspace: Untrust the current workspace. (see #Security)
Security
The following settings may cause security issue, if you are opening a malicious workspece.
• clang.executable: Arbitrary executables specified in the workspace-level setting will be executed. • clang.cflags, clang.cxxflags, clang.objcflags: Clang command is executed with artibrary options specified in the workspace-level setting.
Therefore, these workspace-level settings are disabled by default. • To enable these workspace-level settings, please trust the workspace from dialog that appears when you open the file. • To change trust/untrust status of the current workspace, please use ClangCommandAdapter: Trust Workspace or ClangCommandAdapter: Untrust Workspace.
Acknowledgements
• Regexp for parsing completion results of Clang is based autocomplete-clang.
Resources
• Repository: https://github.com/mitaki28/vscode-clang • Support: https://github.com/mitaki28/vscode-clang/issues
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- c
- c++
- cpp
- objective-c
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