CMake Editor

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2026-06 (4.40), 2026-03 (4.39), 2025-12 (4.38), 2025-09 (4.37), 2025-06 (4.36), 2025-03 (4.35), 2024-12 (4.34), 2024-09 (4.33), 2024-06 (4.32), 2024-03 (4.31), 2023-12 (4.30), 2023-09 (4.29), 2023-06 (4.28), 2023-03 (4.27), 2022-12 (4.26), 2022-09 (4.25), 2022-06 (4.24), 2022-03 (4.23), 2021-12 (4.22), 2021-09 (4.21), 2021-06 (4.20), 2021-03 (4.19), 2020-12 (4.18), 2020-09 (4.17)

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Solution Description

The plug-in provides:

  • Syntax highlighting for CMake defined variables, User defined Variables, Properties and Reserved Words
  • Basic hover support to show brief description of command or variable being hovered over.
  • Support for code templates to insert often used cmake code.
  • Preference Panel to set custom syntax highlighting colors.
  • Preference Panel to define custom code templates.
  • Keystroke short cuts to comment/uncomment blocks of code.

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cmake4eclipse, if your project uses cmake to build and the eclipse project is build with CDT's managed build system.

Categories: Editor, Programming Languages

Tags: cmake, fileExtension_CMakeLists.txt, CDT, c/c++, fileExtension_cmake, fileExtension_ctest

Additional Details

Eclipse Versions: 2026-06 (4.40), 2026-03 (4.39), 2025-12 (4.38), 2025-09 (4.37), 2025-06 (4.36), 2025-03 (4.35), 2024-12 (4.34), 2024-09 (4.33), 2024-06 (4.32), 2024-03 (4.31), 2023-12 (4.30), 2023-09 (4.29), 2023-06 (4.28), 2023-03 (4.27), 2022-12 (4.26), 2022-09 (4.25), 2022-06 (4.24), 2022-03 (4.23), 2021-12 (4.22), 2021-09 (4.21), 2021-06 (4.20), 2021-03 (4.19), 2020-12 (4.18), 2020-09 (4.17)

Platform Support: Windows, Mac, Linux/GTK

Organization Name: 15knots

Development Status: Production/Stable

Date Created: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - 15:29

License: EPL

Date Updated: Sunday, July 19, 2026 - 10:21

Submitted by: Martin Weber

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Date Ranking Installs Clickthroughs
November 2026 0/0 0 0
October 2026 96/550 55 19
September 2026 101/614 133 36
August 2026 89/586 108 46
July 2026 82/1050 156 79
June 2026 102/642 116 30
May 2026 113/608 114 52
April 2026 108/612 142 48
March 2026 106/627 181 60
February 2026 93/620 197 38
January 2026 96/631 183 75
December 2025 109/621 159 57
November 2025 108/626 167 25
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Unsuccessful Installs

Unsuccessful Installs in the last 7 Days: 1

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Submitted by Michel van den Hoek on Mon, 04/20/2020 - 07:24

Syntax coloring is nice, but the problem I found with this plugin is that it does not support untab/unindent shortcuts, so I have to backspace 4 times, which is annoying. 

Submitted by John Romaro on Sat, 11/13/2021 - 02:02

It works wonderfully. It autocompletes the builtin CMake variables when using set(). It even shows documentation tooltips when hovering these variables. Indent/unindent works fine when using default Eclipse CDT settings.

Submitted by Sergei K on Tue, 10/31/2023 - 14:32

There are no color schemes and you cannot save and load your own. When reinstalling, you must reconfigure manually

Submitted by Alex Luya on Tue, 12/31/2024 - 02:50

Under ubuntu 24.04 + Eclipse 024-12 (4.34.0)  Build id: 20241128-0757 

Tried to install from update site and zip,both approaches give same error:

An error occurred while installing the items
session context was:(profile=epp.package.cpp, phase=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.engine.phases.Install, operand=null --> [R]com.cthing.cmakeed.core 1.1.6, action=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.touchpoint.eclipse.actions.InstallBundleAction).
The artifact file for osgi.bundle,com.cthing.cmakeed.core,1.1.6 was not found.