microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools

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CMake Tools provides a robust, convenient workflow for CMake projects in VS Code. It simplifies configurations with CMake presets, supports IntelliSense and built-in debugging for CMake scripts, and offers configurable tasks. Its customizable interface allows for efficient project control, while also simplifying test execution and monitoring.

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Forks: 546
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 435
Avg merge: 2d 16h
Merged PRs (30d): 32

Dominant language: TypeScript
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 14, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted

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435 open issues indexed

[Feature] Option to hide terminal after target launch Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 62/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5099 · Opened Sep 16, 2026
[Bug] Building Code Via CMake Tools extension is suddently very slow Open

bug more info needed

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5098 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 16, 2026
[Bug] Cannot run an individual CTest in a multi-root workspace Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5097 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 16, 2026
[Bug] testCodeLensProvider floods log: "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading '0')" when a test's target isn't built (e.g. cross-compiled preset) Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5096 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 16, 2026
[Bug] Test Explorer does not fall back to default build for tests whose command is not a CMake target Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 66/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5094 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 13, 2026
[Bug] Per-test CTest source resolution rescans every target source, freezing the extension host for minutes after each configure Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 72/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5093 · 5 comments · Opened Sep 13, 2026
cmake syntax color highlihting broken Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5083 · 6 comments · Opened Sep 9, 2026
[Bug] Presets: vsInstanceVersion vendor field ignored when toolset is specified Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5074 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 3, 2026
[Feature] Use SARIF file to ingest CMake configure diagnostics Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5069 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 1, 2026
[Feature] Give test suite nodes a source location Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 72/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5067 · Opened Aug 31, 2026
[Feature] Support toggling CMake bracket comments in VS Code Open

enhancement

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 92/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5063 · Opened Aug 28, 2026
[Bug] build failed after Visual Studio 2022 update Open

bug more info needed

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5046 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 21, 2026
[Feature] API for other extensions to register their own kits Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5034 · Opened Aug 11, 2026
[Bug] CMake Tools causes Ninja builds to stall intermittently on Linux Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5031 · 5 comments · Opened Aug 8, 2026
[Feature] Ability to refresh Build Analyzer from a task Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 64/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5007 · Opened Jul 24, 2026
[Bug] CMake version probe and build run outside the workspace, breaking version-manager (mise/asdf) shims Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5005 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 24, 2026
[Feature] More Effective Logging Level Setting Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5002 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 22, 2026
[Bug] CMake Tools shows unsolicited quick picks on startup (`configureOnOpen`), cancelling the user's active quick pick Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#5000 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 20, 2026
C_Cpp.ResetDatabase does not recover IntelliSense for newly created files when CMake Tools is the configurationProvider Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4953 · 14 comments · Opened May 22, 2026
[Feature] Make "Run without debuggnig" configurable (for embedded dev) Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4904 · Opened Apr 23, 2026
Extension causes high cpu load Open

more info needed

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4828 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 19, 2026
[Bug] Incorrect macro expansion during compile task in 1.23.24 Open

bug more info needed

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4798 · 7 comments · Opened Mar 6, 2026
[Bug] Check if all files are dirty before reapplyingPresets and configuring Open

bug

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4796 · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 5, 2026
[Bug] Changes in file included from CMakeUserPreset.json didn't applied until VS Code restart Open

bug

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4777 · 1 reaction · 2 assignees · Opened Mar 2, 2026
[Feature] how can add arabic language to cmake Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4776 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 28, 2026
[Bug] CMake Tools continues to send IntelliSense configurations from the previous CMake Preset after switching to a different preset Open

bug Feature: cpptools integration Feature: presets more info needed

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4774 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 27, 2026
[Bug] Kit Scan happens initially regardless of cmake.enableAutomaticKitScan Open

bug

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4726 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 2 assignees · Opened Feb 13, 2026
[Bug] notificationsAlerts.ts:42 No view is registered with id: cmake.bookmarks Open

bug more info needed regression

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4683 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 30, 2026
[Feature] detect `.cmake.in` files as cmake files automatically Open

enhancement

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4667 · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 26, 2026
[Feature] Support of application developed with Kokkos Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4653 · Opened Jan 4, 2026
[Bug] Remote debugging not possible Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4652 · 12 comments · Opened Jan 4, 2026
[Bug] When Environment Path contains CJK Characters, Visual C++ may not be configured Open

bug

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4639 · 16 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 12, 2025
[Feature] Please add lldb-dap debugger support！ Open

enhancement more votes needed

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4622 · 2 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Nov 28, 2025
[Bug] Test explorer tree expand / collapse are reset when running test Open

bug

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4621 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 27, 2025
[Feature] Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4612 · Opened Nov 17, 2025
[Bug] Unable to find CL compiler in windows Open

bug more info needed

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4607 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 6, 2025
[Bug] macOS framework issues Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4599 · 9 comments · Opened Oct 21, 2025
[Feature] Suggestion: Add Visual UI for cmake.configureSettings and cmake.debugConfig in Sidebar of CMake Tools extension Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4598 · Opened Oct 20, 2025
[Bug] 关于framework和include的处理的bug Open

bug

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4597 · 13 comments · Opened Oct 19, 2025
[Bug] cmake workflow don't use the "targets" in buildpreset which i use in workflowpresets Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4581 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 26, 2025
[Bug] Can't start CMake build from task in 1.21.36+ (worked in 1.20.53) Open

bug regression

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4563 · 9 comments · 1 reaction · 2 assignees · Opened Aug 31, 2025
[Feature] Please remove the project path from the test explorer UI Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4562 · Opened Aug 31, 2025
[Bug] ${buildKitTargetArch} is 'unknown' for Visual Studio Kits Open

bug

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4560 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 29, 2025
[Feature] how to set gdbinit by vscode-cmake-tools ? Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4557 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 26, 2025
[Bug] many ctest processes are launched freezing the system Open

bug more info needed

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4554 · 13 comments · Opened Aug 20, 2025
[Feature] CMake code navigation ala CLion & CMake Tools Fork Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4553 · Opened Aug 19, 2025
[Feature] Fix limitation of defining testProgram from the COMMAND field of add_test Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4550 · Opened Aug 15, 2025
[Bug] Impossible to use CMake Tools with custom Ninja install on Windows Open

bug Feature: developer environment

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4547 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 13, 2025
[Feature] Auto-build codegen target Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4546 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 13, 2025
Is it by design that the CMake extension correctly evaluates environment variables from presets when using the ${env:<var>} syntax instead of $env{<var>}? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools#4543 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 11, 2025

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