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Eclipse

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Eclipse is an extensible development platform with runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software lifecycle. Many people know Eclipse as a Java IDE, but it is much more than that- Eclipse actually consists of over 60...

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  • Free • Open Source

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  • Mac
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  • Linux
  • BSD
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  1.  Support for Themes

Features

  1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
  2.  Java IDE
  3.  C++
  4.  Refactoring
  5.  Debugging
  6.  Autocompletion
  7.  Syntax Highlighting
  8.  Portable
  9.  No registration required
  10.  Code Formatting
  11.  Batch Editing
  12.  Works Offline
  13.  Spell Checking
  14.  Ad-free
  15.  Dark Mode
  16.  SCM Integration
  17.  Java based
  18.  Rich Client Platform
  19.  Collaborative Workspaces

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Eclipse information

  • Developed by

    Eclipse Foundation

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.9 (15 ratings)

  • Alternatives

    155 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 17 comments and reviews about Eclipse, and it has gotten 1141 likes

Eclipse was added to AlternativeTo by Mogelfar on Mar 3, 2009 and this page was last updated Feb 13, 2025.

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Comment summary: Eclipse is recognized for its versatility, supporting multiple programming languages and offering numerous plugins. However, it is often described as bloated and less user-friendly than NetBeans. Some users appreciate its Java-centric features, highlighting it as an essential framework for Java development, while others criticize its performance on non-Java projects. Though not a direct alternative to Dreamweaver, Eclipse's integration with Aptana provides some WYSIWYG capabilities.
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Top positive comment •Jun 17, 2023

With Java, allows almost WYSIWYG GUI building with Swing. But, in order to do that, it needs for the 'WindowBuilder' extension to be installed (from within). Also, while some alternatives exist for doing this, Eclipse is still a robust way to accomplish. Finally, one advantage which Eclipse has over the competition in Java is, that Eclipse still allows Android development.

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Top negative comment •Feb 11, 2018

Very "professional".

Is it secure to accept:

  • invalid/expired and weak (md2/md5 signatures from the 90's) certificates during the installation otherwise it will not be installed?
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Positive comment •Jul 11, 2020

Best environment I've ever used for C/C++ development. Nothing else comes close. Being able to navigate around the code to goto a variable definition, or search for references of a method make it superior.

[Edited by NuncioBitis, July 11]

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Tom Margrave
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I have used it for Java and Selenium work.

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Positive comment •May 10, 2019

Eclipse is the IDE that you can write program almost every platform like android, Arm based stm32fxxx series microcontroller or the java. Beside there is tons of documents about ide. So go for it.

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Oktay Mercan
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Positive comment •Jul 31, 2018

Good, portable but for gui program hard. or no assistance.

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Positive comment •Sep 18, 2017

Excellent! Thank you, people,

From a satisfied customer

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What is Eclipse?

Eclipse is an extensible development platform with runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software lifecycle. Many people know Eclipse as a Java IDE, but it is much more than that- Eclipse actually consists of over 60 different open-source projects, organized into 6 different categories:

*. Enterprise Development *. Embedded and Device Development *. Rich Client Platform *. Rich Internet Applications *. Application Frameworks *. Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) *. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

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