C/C++ for Visual Studio Code

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The C/C++ extension adds language support for C/C++ to Visual Studio Code, including features such as IntelliSense and debugging.

Overview and tutorials

• C/C++ extension overview

C/C++ extension tutorials per compiler and platform

• Microsoft C++ compiler (MSVC) on Windows
• GCC and Mingw-w64 on Windows
• GCC on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
• GCC on Linux
• Clang on macOS

Quick links

• Editing features (IntelliSense)
• IntelliSense configuration
• Enhanced colorization
• Debugging
• Debug configuration
• Enable logging for IntelliSense or debugging

Questions and feedback

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Offline installation

The extension has platform-specific binary dependencies, therefore installation via the Marketplace requires an Internet connection in order to download additional dependencies. If you are working on a computer that does not have access to the Internet or is behind a strict firewall, you may need to use our platform-specific packages and install them by running VS Code's "Install from VSIX..." command. These "offline' packages are available at: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-cpptools/releases.

Package	Platform
cpptools-linux.vsix	Linux 64-bit
cpptools-linux-armhf.vsix	Linux ARM 32-bit
cpptools-linux-aarch64.vsix	Linux ARM 64-bit
cpptools-osx.vsix	macOS
cpptools-win32.vsix	Windows 64-bit & 32-bit
cpptools-win-arm64.visix	Windows ARM64
cpptools-linux32.vsix	Linux 32-bit (available up to version 0.27.0)

Contribution

Contributions are always welcome. Please see our contributing guide for more details.

Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

Data and telemetry

This extension collects usage data and sends it to Microsoft to help improve our products and services. Collection of telemetry is controlled via the same setting provided by Visual Studio Code: "telemetry.enableTelemetry". Read our privacy statement to learn more.