CDT 12.5.0 for Eclipse 2026-06 is now released. Please have a look at the New and Noteworthy for the highlights of what is included in this release.
Eclipse IDE Installer
The preferred way to get CDT is to install Eclipse CDT as part of the Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers or Eclipse IDE for Embedded C/C++ Developers using the installer
Eclipse IDE Downloads
Alternatively, download the zip/tar/dmg files from the main Eclipse Downloads site.
p2 site
Install CDT into an existing installation using the following p2 URL: https://download.eclipse.org/tools/cdt/releases/12.5 or as a cdt-12.5.0.zip
Eclipse Marketplace
The CDT project maintains 3 Marketplace entries:
- The Complete Eclipse C/C++ IDE
- Eclipse C/C++ IDE
- Eclipse Terminal (including the CDT Serial connection)
Standalone Debugger
Any CDT install can be used as the standalone debugger, therefore download/install CDT as best suits you using the above options.
Thank you
Congratulations and thank you to everyone who contributed, whether by testing, filing bugs, submitting PRs, answering questions. Thank you all for the hard work.
What's Changed (Auto-generated by GitHub)
What's Changed
- Add cross reference to CDT LSP in CDT's N&N for 12.4 by @jonahgraham in #1429
- Prepare repo for 12.5 development by @jonahgraham in #1431
- Update composites for CDT 12.4 and CDT LSP 3.5 releases by @jonahgraham in #1432
- Update 'LLVM with Clang' linker options by @jld01 in #1428
- Remove pre-built indexes for Eclipse Help system by @jonahgraham in #1434
- Eliminate obsolete 'LLVM with GCC' MBS description by @jld01 in #1436
- Remove 'LLVM with Clang' linker I/O options by @jld01 in #1439
- Update asciidoc copyright headers to 2026 by @jonahgraham in #1438
- Promote LLVM/LLDB support to non-experimental status by @jld01 in #1445
- Added API allows ISV to specify preferred launch mode by @DangMinhTam382 in #1443
- Add command line tool installation details by @jld01 in #1456
- [releng] Copy build output to final location in promotion script by @jonahgraham in #1462
- [releng] stable URLs for 2026-06 RC2 by @jonahgraham in #1466
Full Changelog: CDT_12_4_0...CDT_12_5_0
