KDevelop vs. CLion
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | KDevelop | CLion |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| Review count | 10 | 55 |
| Ease of use | 9.1 | 8.6 |
| Ease of setup | 10.0 | 9.3 |
| Quality of support | 8.3 | 8.2 |
| Meets requirements | 9.3 | 9.0 |
| NPS | 70 | 70.37037 |
| Small Business | 50.0% | 61.1% |
| Mid-Market | 20.0% | 20.4% |
| Enterprise | 30.0% | 18.5% |
| Total page views | 23 | 151 |
| Total LLM citations | 44 | 1,634 |
KDevelop
KDevelop is a free, open source IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and other Unix flavors. It is a feature-full, plugin extensible IDE for C/C++ and other programming languages. It is based on KDevPlatform, and the KDE and Qt libraries and is under development since 1998.
CLion
CLion is a smart IDE for developing in C or C++ on Windows, Linux, and macOS. It’s packed with an in-depth code analyzer, a range of code generation options, and the ability to navigate to anywhere in your code in one click. CLion understands modern C++ standards and provides preprocessor support. It integrates with GDB/LLDB and a set of unit testing frameworks. CLion provides various options for remote and embedded development.