Clang

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C compiler C++ compiler LLVM subproject Objective-C compiler compiler front end free software open-source software static compiler

Clang is a modern, open-source C, C++, and Objective-C compiler front end for the LLVM project, known for its fast compilation, expressive diagnostics, and modular design.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Clang compiler 2
Apple LLVM compiler 1
Clang Static Analyzer 1

Statements (90)

Predicate Object
instanceOf C compiler ⓘ
C++ compiler ⓘ
LLVM subproject ⓘ
Objective-C compiler ⓘ
compiler front end ⓘ
free software ⓘ
open-source software ⓘ
static compiler ⓘ
category software development tool ⓘ
defaultCompilerFor FreeBSD ⓘ
surface form: FreeBSD base system

Xcode ⓘ
designGoal GCC compatibility ⓘ
high-quality error messages ⓘ
modular library-based architecture ⓘ
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
Google ⓘ
surface form: Google LLC

LLVM ⓘ
surface form: LLVM community

open-source contributors ⓘ
diagnosticsStyle fix-it hints ⓘ
machine-readable diagnostics ⓘ
feature AST-based tooling ⓘ
Clang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Clang-Format code formatter

Clang-Tidy linter ⓘ
expressive diagnostics ⓘ
fast compilation ⓘ
Clang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: libclang C interface

link-time optimization (via LLVM) ⓘ
modular design ⓘ
modules support ⓘ
precompiled headers ⓘ
sanitizers integration ⓘ
static analysis tools ⓘ
initialReleaseYear 2007 ⓘ
license Apache License 2.0 with LLVM exceptions ⓘ
openSource true ⓘ
partOf LLVM ⓘ
surface form: LLVM project
programmingLanguage C++ ⓘ
provides Clang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Clang Static Analyzer

Clang-Format ⓘ
Clang-Tidy ⓘ
command-line driver clang ⓘ
libclang library ⓘ
replaces GCC in some toolchains ⓘ
repository https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project ⓘ
roleInToolchain front end ⓘ
sponsoredBy Apple Inc. ⓘ
subdirectoryInRepo Clang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: clang
supportsABI Itanium C++ ABI ⓘ
Microsoft C++ ABI ⓘ
supportsBuildSystem CMake ⓘ
Ninja ⓘ
supportsDebugFormat CodeView ⓘ
DWARF ⓘ
supportsExtension GNU Compiler Collection ⓘ
surface form: GNU C extensions (partial)

MSVC ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft C/C++ extensions (partial)
supportsLanguage C ⓘ
C++ ⓘ
NVIDIA CUDA ⓘ
surface form: CUDA C++

Objective-C ⓘ
Objective-C++ ⓘ
OpenCL ⓘ
surface form: OpenCL C

Android Runtime (ART) ⓘ
surface form: RenderScript
supportsStandard C++ ⓘ
surface form: C++03

C++ ⓘ
surface form: C++11

C++ ⓘ
surface form: C++14

C++ ⓘ
surface form: C++17

C++ ⓘ
surface form: C++20 (partial)

C++23 (partial) ⓘ
C++ ⓘ
surface form: C++98

C11 ⓘ
C17 ⓘ
C2x (partial) ⓘ
ISO/IEC 9899 ⓘ
surface form: C89

ISO/IEC 9899 ⓘ
surface form: C99
targetArchitecture ARMv8-A ⓘ
surface form: AArch64

ARM ⓘ
PowerPC ⓘ
RISC-V ⓘ
x86 ⓘ
x86-64 ⓘ
targetPlatform Android ⓘ
FreeBSD ⓘ
Linux ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
usedBy Android NDK ⓘ
Chrome build system ⓘ
LLVM-based IDE tooling ⓘ
usesBackend LLVM ⓘ
website https://clang.llvm.org/ ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clang → feature → Clang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: libclang C interface
Clang → feature → Clang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clang-Format code formatter
LLVM → hasComponent → Clang ⓘ
C++ → hasMajorCompiler → Clang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clang compiler
this entity surface form: Apple LLVM compiler
Xcode → includesComponent → Clang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clang compiler
Clang → provides → Clang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clang Static Analyzer
Clang → subdirectoryInRepo → Clang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: clang