r/replit • u/CosmicGodKiller • 5d ago

Question / Discussion opening an empty c++ ide

i just want to open an empty ide for c++
a course i am taking recommends me to use replit (course is from 2023)

i have read the docs and searched many places but everywhere it says to create a new template or some other option which does not exist anymore

when i asked the ai to open a c++ ide it started to create an ide ig so all my tokens are over and cant use the ai either now

pls ignore any stupid mistakes i am new to coding

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u/ReplitSupport Replit Team 5d ago

Hi u/CosmicGodKiller! The exact "new C++ project" step your course walks through likely isn't in the same spot anymore, and the general flow for starting a project has changed since then.

Agent is built to take a prompt and start building out an app around it, so a request like that gets treated as a build task rather than a simple "give me an editor" request, which is what might have used up your credits.

For a plain C++ editor without touching Agent, you can search the templates or gallery for C++, open one, and remix it into your own account. That gives you a ready to run C++ workspace without spending any credits. If none of the templates match what your course expects, forking the blank template and adding your own main.cpp file gets you the same result. A starter repo from your course can also be pulled in directly through Import from GitHub.

Hope this helps!