E

Eclipse

Open SourceEPL-2.0

Established IDE for Java and beyond

Difficulty
●● Medium
Last check
2026-10-25

Description

Eclipse is an established, open-source development environment primarily known for Java development, but also supporting C/C++, PHP, Python, and other languages. It offers extensive refactoring tools, a debugger, a plugin ecosystem, and enterprise features.

Preview

Eclipse Preview

Platforms

LinuxWindowsmacOS

Replaces the following proprietary tools

JetBrains Suite→Eclipse
Visual Studio→Eclipse

Tags

#ide#java#plugins#refactoring#enterprise

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