Eclipse

IDE / Editor · Java/JVM enterprise development, plugin-driven custom IDEs, embedded toolchains

At a glance

Pricing	Free
Setup effort	Medium
Operating systems	macOS, Windows, Linux
Released	2001
Open source	Yes
Interface	GUI
AI integration	AI via extension
Extensibility	Plugins
Collaboration	Via Git
Languages	Java, C/C++, Python, PHP, more via plugins
Capabilities	Java tooling, Plugin ecosystem, JDT, PDE, Modeling, Refactoring, Debugger

What Eclipse does

Java tooling, Plugin ecosystem, JDT, PDE, Modeling, Refactoring, Debugger

Best for

Java/JVM enterprise development, plugin-driven custom IDEs, embedded toolchains

Works well with

LLM Provider / Model

Integration

Context / RAG

Agent / Orchestration

Other tools

Conflicts & caveats

GitHub Copilot does not officially support Eclipse.
Continue.dev only supports VS Code and JetBrains — your IDE is Eclipse.
Continue.dev does not officially support Eclipse — Copilot, Tabnine, and Codeium are the main supported options.
Codeium does not officially support Eclipse — use VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, or Neovim.
Cursor built-in only runs inside the Cursor editor — your IDE is Eclipse.
Cline only supports VS Code and JetBrains IDEs — your IDE is Eclipse.
Windsurf Cascade only runs inside Windsurf — your IDE is Eclipse.
Sourcegraph Cody does not officially support Eclipse — use VS Code, JetBrains, or Visual Studio.
Tabnine does not officially support Eclipse.
Amazon Q Developer does not officially support Eclipse — use VS Code or JetBrains.
JetBrains AI Assistant only runs inside JetBrains IDEs — your IDE is Eclipse.
Qodo officially supports VS Code and JetBrains — your IDE is Eclipse.
Supermaven only supports VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, and Zed — your IDE is Eclipse.
Roo Code runs as a VS Code-compatible extension — your IDE is Eclipse.
Kilo Code runs as a VS Code-compatible extension — your IDE is Eclipse.
Zed Agent only runs inside the Zed editor — your IDE is Eclipse.
Augment Code officially supports VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, and Neovim — your IDE is Eclipse.
OpenCode is a terminal-first CLI; running it inside Eclipse works but the experience is in the embedded terminal.
Amp (Sourcegraph) officially supports VS Code and JetBrains — your IDE is Eclipse. Use the CLI version otherwise.
Sourcegraph Cody (Enterprise) supports VS Code, JetBrains, and Visual Studio — your IDE is Eclipse.
Cursor CLI works in any terminal but needs an active Cursor subscription — your IDE is Eclipse, which is fine but the cost is tied to Cursor.
@codebase indexing is a Cursor-only feature, but your IDE is Eclipse.
Cursor Background Agents are dispatched from Cursor (desktop or mobile) — your IDE is Eclipse.

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