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CLion is an IntelliJ Platform-based product.
Plugin projects for CLion can be developed using IntelliJ IDEA with the gradle-intellij-plugin.
Qualifying Open Source projects can apply for free licenses of JetBrains products.
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Configuring Plugin Projects Targeting CLion
When targeting 2020.3, please see this migration guide.
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The configuration of CLion plugin projects follows the methods described in Configuring Plugin Projects using a Product-Specific Attribute, and Configuring the plugin.xml File.
The table below summarizes the gradle-intellij-plugin attributes to set in the plugin project's Gradle build script.
Click on an entry in the table's Attribute column to go to the documentation about that attribute.
gradle-intellij-plugin Attribute |
Attribute Value |
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intellij.type |
CL for the product CLion. |
intellij.version |
Set to the targeted CLion version, e.g. 2019.3.1. |
intellij.plugins |
No specific declaration is needed. |
intellij.downloadSources |
false is required because no public source code is available. |
runIde.ideDir |
Not needed; the Development Instance will automatically match intellij.type. |
The dependency on the CLion APIs must be declared in the plugin.xml file.
As described in Modules Specific to Functionality table, the <depends> tags must declare com.intellij.modules.clion module dependency, or com.intellij.clion plugin dependency for plugins targeting only versions 2020.3+.
Available CLion APIs
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Use the Exploring APIs as a Consumer process to identify the JAR files under the External Library Gradle:com.jetbrains:clion:<version>.
Test your plugin with versions of CLion you intend to support.
Open Source Plugins for CLion
When learning new APIs, it is helpful to have some representative projects for reference: