color_coded vs clang-tutor

color_coded

A vim plugin for libclang-based highlighting of C, C++, ObjC (by jeaye)

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clang-tutor

A collection of out-of-tree Clang plugins for teaching and learning (by banach-space)

Tutorial Cplusplus clang-plugins clang-plugin clang-tooling Clang llvm-tutorial

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color_coded		clang-tutor
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4	Mentions	1
873	Stars	634
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	4.4
3 months ago	Latest Commit	5 months ago
C++	Language	C++
MIT License	License	The Unlicense

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color_coded

Posts with mentions or reviews of color_coded. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-13.

Need help displaying colors in C files. I have the vim-css-color plugin but that doesn't seem to work in C
7 projects | /r/vim | 13 Apr 2023

I used to use https://github.com/jeaye/color_coded, which is good, but it has a ton of extra dependencies to install, and my experience was that it would get confused sometimes in non c files.
[Summary] Language server and C/C++ highlight configuration r/vim [plugins &amp; friends]
4 projects | /r/SummaryLab | 25 Oct 2022

Source Highlighting plugin: color_coded
How do you get proper syntax highlighting for the C language?
1 project | /r/vim | 4 Jul 2021

You definitely should try neovim with his treesitter support. I was using color_coded for a while, but it is cumbersome and was crushing from time to time. But treesitter gives really nice and easy way to get proper highlighting
Full syntax highlighting for C++
4 projects | /r/vim | 7 Apr 2021

Install this C++ highlighting via Vundle https://github.com/jeaye/color_coded

clang-tutor

Posts with mentions or reviews of clang-tutor. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2020-12-24.

A Complete Guide to LLVM for Programming Language Creators (diagrams + code)
3 projects | /r/programming | 24 Dec 2020

I'd start with https://github.com/banach-space/clang-tutor and continue with https://github.com/banach-space/clang-tutor#references

What are some alternatives?

When comparing color_coded and clang-tutor you can also consider the following projects:

vim-plug - :hibiscus: Minimalist Vim Plugin Manager

ccache - ccache – a fast compiler cache

lsif-clang - Language Server Indexing Format (LSIF) generator for C, C++ and Objective C

pfr - std::tuple like methods for user defined types without any macro or boilerplate code

psychec - A compiler frontend for the C programming language

cpplinks - A categorized list of C++ resources.

language-haskell - Highlighting support for the Haskell language in visual studio code.

llvm-ss-2017 - Summer School 2017

cppast - Library to parse and work with the C++ AST

llvm-tutor - A collection of out-of-tree LLVM passes for teaching and learning

clang - Mirror kept for legacy. Moved to https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project

simdjson - Parsing gigabytes of JSON per second : used by Facebook/Meta Velox, the Node.js runtime, ClickHouse, WatermelonDB, Apache Doris, Milvus, StarRocks