Eclipse Integrated Development Environment

Eclipse IDE is a free and open-source integrated development environment managed by the Eclipse Foundation, headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. Originating from an IBM project code-named Eclipse in November 2001, it was open-sourced with a $40 million IBM investment. Release names follow a yearly cadence (2023-09, 2023-12, 2024-03, etc.). Key features: over 1,500 plugins via the Eclipse Marketplace, extending the IDE with language support, frameworks, and tools. Java Development Tools (JDT) with incremental compilation, refactoring (rename, extract method, inline), code completion, and JUnit integration. Maven and Gradle integration for build management and dependency resolution. Git integration via EGit for commit, push, pull, merge, and rebase. C/C++ Development Tooling (CDT) with GDB debugging and CMake/Make support. PHP Development Tools (PDT). Rust development via Corrosion and rust-analyzer. Debugger framework supporting JDWP (Java), GDB (C/C++), and DAP. Remote development for editing and debugging on remote machines. Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) for model-driven development. Rich Client Platform (RCP) for building desktop applications using SWT and JFace widget toolkits. Perspectives and views customizable layout system. Working sets for organizing related projects. Key projects built on Eclipse: Spring Tool Suite, IBM WebSphere Studio, SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio, and Adobe Flex Builder. The Eclipse Foundation also hosts 400+ other projects including Jakarta EE, Adoptium (Temurin JDK), Eclipse Vert.x, and Eclipse Jetty. Cross-platform on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Used by millions of enterprise Java developers. Open source under EPL-2.0.