Tools for C++ programming

Code formatting

• clang-format: code formatter is part of the Clang Tools.

Linting and static analysis

• clang-tidy: linter, part of Extra Clang Tools.
• cppcheck: linter for C and C++.

Configuration files

• libconfig: configuration file management library for C++.

Package managers

• Conan: package manager for C and C++.
• vspkg: package manager for C and C++.

Testing

• Catch2: C++ unit testing framework that also supports Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).

Profiling

• gprof is a free profiler.
• Intel VTune is a commercial profiler that is part of Intel OneAPI.
• Arm Forge is a commercial profiler and debugger that is specifically designed for HPC. It can profile OpenMP, MPI, and CUDA code.
• Scalasca is an open-source profiler that can profile MPI and OpenMP code.