Eclipse IDE and Platform
Continuously maintained and modernised by the community
Support for Latest Java
Supports Java 25 and provides the necessary tooling for development.
Improved Java Development Tooling
New option for direct Javadoc access from annotation hovers, support for markdown specific syntax in the Javadoc formatter, quick fix to convert eligible classes to Java records and an option to drag and drop variables and expressions into the debug shell.
Features a huge variety of platform plugins that will ease the addition of new functionality: check the marketplace.
Monitor specific UI scaling now the default for SWT on Windows with modern PerMonitorV2 DPI awareness, new native PDF generation support in SWT and improved console view icon that updates based on the active console selection.
Free and Open Source
Free and open source released under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0.
Improved Plug-in Development Tooling
New option in PDE launch configuration to display the resolved bundle list for plugin and feature based applications.
Community-powered
More and more, the Eclipse Platform and the IDE are sustained by individual contributors, here is how to contribute.
Code Meets Community
Eclipse 2026-03 IDE Improvements
Testimonials
Renesas have been using the Eclipse IDE platform and C/C++ Development Toolkit for many years as the basis of our own IDE product. We joined the Eclipse IDE Working Group because it is a great way to get proactively involved in the IDE and make contributions to keep the platform active and thriving.
The Eclipse IDE Working Group enables Renesas to more easily make a contribution when we have limited committers working on the projects that we use. Sponsoring the working group also gives us an avenue to further contribute and invest in these projects. The Eclipse IDE Working Group gives us insight into the future direction of the IDE and gives us the opportunity to influence the future plans which will affect our own commercial product and business interest.
- Mark Goodchild, at Renesas
- Titouan Vervack, at Sigasi
- Martin Lippert, at VMware
