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Extension marketplaces have quietly become one of the most strategic control points in modern developer tooling. As editors and IDEs...

Initiative 31 Final Report: proving an OS-agnostic future for SWT The Eclipse Platform has been powering the Eclipse IDE and...

As we reach the end of 2025, I find myself looking back not just at milestones, but at momentum. Twelve...

Forking VS Code gets you to market fast. Building on a platform gets you a product that lasts. Eclipse Theia...

Over the summer, students from the Computing Talent Initiative partnered with CodeDay to contribute to the Eclipse IDE. For many...

Closed, proprietary AI stacks are reshaping developer tools: often at the expense of transparency, portability, and control. Eclipse Theia takes...

The rise of AI is redefining the development tools landscape, fast. It’s no longer just better code navigation or debuggers...

AI in software development is generating a wide range of reactions. Some predict it will replace developers entirely. Others argue...

The XML Editor is included in several of the Eclipse IDE downloads. It has two view modes: in design mode...

The Eclipse Planning Council—with help from the community—is trying to sort out the name for our eleventh named simultaneous release...