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Jetbrains CLion is great for non-Qt C++, albeit paid. It helped me deliver a bank-exchange-grade connector in a tight schedule with very little knowledge of C (at that time). Mostly with static checking, compiling, cmake etc.




Just in case anyone has missed the news: since May 2025 CLion is free for non-commercial use.

I missed it too

However I guess that in the case of Jetbrains this means you get your code infiltrated and stolen to teach the AI on


I would personally use qtcreator over clion (and in fact, I do) for not qt c/c++ projects.

It’s just a great ide. Using qt has nothing to do with making it a better or worse ide.




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