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CppDepend Release Notes

A complete history of CppDepend releases from 2009 to today. Track every feature, improvement, and milestone across 16+ years of continuous development.

v2026.2 January 2026

Major
  • Quality Insights — Focus on what really matters

  • Code Quest — Ask natural-language questions to your codebase

+ 7 more...

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v2025.1 March 2025

Major
  • Support for MISRA C++ 2023 standard

  • Upgraded to the latest Clang Compiler

  • Integration of the latest Clang-Tidy version

+ 1 more...

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v2024.2 2024

Feature
  • New CppDepend AI Edition leveraging artificial intelligence

  • Improved analysis of Qt projects

+ 2 more...

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v2024.1 2024

Major
  • Advanced Source Explorer for deep code navigation

  • Full support for C++23, C++20, and C++17

  • C++ Modules Support

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v2023.1 2023

Feature
  • Maintainability Index for code quality assessment

  • SARIF Import for external tool integration

  • False Positives Exclusion mechanism

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v2022.1 February 2022

Major
  • Support for Visual Studio 2022

  • Improved Linux version with better stability

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v2021.1 January 2021

Feature
  • New coding standards support

  • Gap analysis between code implementation and UML

  • Latest Clang version integration

+ 2 more...

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v2020.1 April 2020

Major
  • Dependency Graph completely rebuilt with new navigation

  • Expand/Collapse, Search, Undo/Redo in graphs

  • Cluster simplification for complex graphs

+ 4 more...

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v2019.3 September 2019

Feature
  • Advanced Support for Qt projects

  • Support for embedded projects

  • Support for Eclipse projects

+ 2 more...

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v2019.2 2019

Feature
  • Support for Visual Studio 2019

  • Simplified VS Menu

  • Deferred Visual Studio 2017/2019 Extension Loading

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v2019.1 2019

Feature
  • MISRA C++ standard support

  • Plugins execution optimization

  • Clang-tidy customization

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v2018.1 2018

Feature
  • CERT and HICPP Standard Checks

  • More modernisation rules

  • Embedded Clang-tidy support

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v2017.1 March 2017

Major
  • Smart Technical Debt Estimation

  • Quality Gates for automated checks

  • Better Issues Management

+ 2 more...

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v6.0.0 2016

Major
  • Code Coverage support

  • Plugins architecture

  • Rule File management

+ 1 more...

v5.0.0 2015

Feature
  • Diagnostics engine

  • Plugins framework

  • CQLinq extensions

+ 1 more...

v4.0.0 2014

Major
  • Interactive Dashboard

  • Trending metrics over time

  • Complete UI Relift

v3.0.0 2012

Major
  • CQLinq — Code Query over LINQ

  • Clang parser integration

  • Linux Support

+ 1 more...

v2.0.0 2009-2011

Feature
  • Enhanced report generation

  • ProjectMaker for custom project descriptions

  • C++ Best Practices CQL queries

+ 1 more...

v1.0.0 September 2009

Major
  • Initial release of CppDepend

  • Code Metrics visualization

  • Dependency Graphs and Treemaps

+ 1 more...