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clang-tool-chain

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Clang Tool Chain provides utilities for C/C++ compilation toolchain management, including locating Clang, setting compilation flags, and building projects. Current version 1.3.0, updated occasionally.

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pip install clang-tool-chain

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INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · CLANG-TOOL-CHAIN

clang-tool-chain

devopspythonv1.5.8

Install

8.9s avg

Import

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Disk

111MB

Pass rate

8/ 10

Env Coverage8 / 10

glibc

3.9–3.13

musl

3.9–3.13

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v1.3.0 · pip install

no network on importno background threads

Install × environment matrix

Each cell = how many times install + import succeeded across repeated harness runs. Partial = flaky.
glibc = Debian/Ubuntu slim · musl = Alpine Linux

musl

glibc

py 3.10

✓ —

✓ 10.1s

py 3.11

✓ —

✓ 9.3s

py 3.12

✓ —

✓ 8s

py 3.13

✓ —

✓ 8.1s

py 3.9

✕ build_error

111MB installed

● package 111MB

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

detect_sanitizers_from_flags

✓ from clang_tool_chain import detect_sanitizers_from_flags

✗ from clang_tool_chain import ClangToolChain

find_tool_binary

✓ from clang_tool_chain import find_tool_binary

get_all_sanitizer_runtime_dlls

✓ from clang_tool_chain import get_all_sanitizer_runtime_dlls

Initialize ClangToolChain and retrieve paths/flags.

from clang_tool_chain import ClangToolChain tc = ClangToolChain() print('Clang found at:', tc.clang_path) print('Compile flags:', tc.get_compile_flags())

Debug

Known issues

breakingVersion 1.3.0 drops Python 3.9 support. Requires Python >=3.10.

fix

Upgrade Python to 3.10+ or pin clang-tool-chain <1.3.0.

affects: <1.3.0

gotchaThe package does not bundle Clang binaries. It expects Clang to be installed on the system and accessible via PATH.

fix

Install Clang from your system package manager (e.g., 'apt install clang', 'brew install llvm').

affects: all

deprecatedThe function 'get_toolchain' is deprecated in favor of 'ClangToolChain'.

fix

Use 'ClangToolChain' class instead.

affects: >=1.0.0

Upgrade

Version history

1.5.8latest on PyPI · released May 19, 2026

Audit

Dependencies

setuptoolsrequiredUsed internally for compilation toolchain discovery

Agent activity

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/zackees/clang-tool-chain ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/clang-tool-chain/ ↗