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++.
• vcpkg: package manager for C and C++.

Testing

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

Profiling

• GNU gprof is a basic instrumenting profiler distributed with GNU Binutils. It is useful for introductory profiling and existing workflows, but gprofng is the more capable profiler in current Binutils releases.
• Intel VTune Profiler analyzes CPU, accelerator, threading, and memory-performance behaviour. It can be installed separately or as part of the Intel oneAPI toolkits.
• Linaro Forge combines the DDT parallel debugger, MAP profiler, and Performance Reports. It is designed for MPI, OpenMP, and accelerator-enabled HPC applications.
• HPCToolkit is an open-source measurement and analysis suite for CPU and GPU-accelerated applications, including parallel programs.
• Scalasca is an open-source performance-analysis toolset for MPI, OpenMP, and hybrid applications.