Sameko Dev C++ – The optimized C++ IDE for Competitive Programming

Introduction

Have you ever encountered this situation: solving a C++ problem where VS Code compiles slowly, and you have to install MinGW and configure it quite complicatedly? Switching to Dev-C++ or Code::Blocks is faster, but the interface is outdated and the compiler is often not new.

Sameko Dev C++ was created to address exactly that problem: fast speed, modern interface, and ready to use right after downloading.

With practical compile speeds that can be noticeably faster than VS Code on many problems (especially when using bits/stdc++.h), Sameko offers a smooth, compact, and stable programming experience. This is a suitable choice for students and competitive programmers.

Highlights

⚡ Exceptional performance

• Significantly faster compilation in the daily algorithm practice workflow.

• Integrated Sameko GCC 16 with optimized PCH helps reduce build time, even when using bits/stdc++.h.

• Full support for C++11/14/17/20/23/26.

• Background warm-up compiler and Single-file Compile Mode help reduce maximum latency for the first run.

• Performance Mode supports turning off heavy effects to reduce lag and save resources for low-spec machines.

📦 No complex installation needed

• GCC 16 is bundled, no need to install MinGW separately.

• Just download and run, no need for multi-step manual configuration.

• Both Installer and Portable versions are available.

🏆 Optimized for Competitive Programming

• Integrated Competitive Companion, automatically fetching test cases from Codeforces, AtCoder, LeetCode.

• Run multiple test cases with visual feedback of AC/WA/TLE along with debug metadata (exit code, stderr, timeout).

• Smart WA Diff Viewer: Visual display of character-level differences between actual output and expected output.

• Allows running individual test cases (Single Test Run) or running all at once.

• Supports custom snippets according to your coding habits.

🧠 Intelligent features

• Smart Header Linking: Automatically links related .cpp files when including .h (when needed).

• File Watcher: Detects file changes from outside.

• Template Manager: Creates default templates for new files.

• AStyle Integration: Quickly formats code using keyboard shortcuts.

• Auto-save: Automatically saves at intervals.

• Checkpoints: Helps recover previous code versions if mistakenly deleted/modified and saved.

• Smart IntelliSense: Improves suggestions for STL functions, keywords and highlights special characters (\n, \t, \0).

• Discord Rich Presence: Displays coding status on Discord.

🎨 Modern interface

• Multiple integrated themes such as Sameko Blue, Sakura, Dark, Dracula, Monokai, Nord.

• Supports custom backgrounds, including videos.

• Supports multi-tab and split view.

• Allows customization of font, font size for the editor and panels, supports zoom using Ctrl + Scroll.

⌨️ Main shortcuts

• F11: Compile & Run

• Ctrl + Shift + A: Auto format code

• Ctrl + J: Toggle terminal

• Ctrl + \ : Split editor

• Integrated shortcuts from VS Code: Ctrl + / (Comment), Ctrl + D (Select similar words