The following is a list of notable Eclipse projects. Although some of the listed projects play a vital role for the Eclipse IDE the Eclipse project ecosystem covers a significantly larger scope than the Eclipse IDE.

Official projects

These projects are maintained by the Eclipse community and hosted by the Eclipse Foundation.

Top-level sub-projects

* ''Eclipse Platform'' is the core framework that all other Eclipse projects are built on. * ''Java development tools'' (JDT) provides support for core Java SE. This includes a standalone fast incremental compiler. * ''Plug-in Development Environment'' (PDE) provides tools to create, develop, test, debug, build and deploy Eclipse plug-ins, fragments, features, update sites and RCP products. * ''Orion'', ''CHE,'' ''Dirigible'' and ''

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'' are browser-based IDEs and open tool integration platform which is entirely focused on developing for the web, in the web. Tools are written in JavaScript and run in the browser. * '' Oniro'' is an Open Source software platform, having an operating system, standard APIs and basic applications.

Tools

The following sub-projects are located under the ''Tools'' sub-project: * ''

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'' adds support for Component Assemblies. * ''C/C++ Development Tools'' (''CDT'') adds support for C/C++

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, code formatting, debugger integration and project structures. Unlike the JDT project, the CDT project does not add a compiler and relies on an external tool chain. * ''

Graphical Editing Framework The Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) is an Eclipse project that provides framework and end-user components related to graphical applications. History GEF was initially developed as part of IBM's etools (com.ibm.etools.gef) and was contributed to ...

'' (GEF) allows developers to build standalone graphical tools. Example use include circuit diagram design tools, activity diagram editors and

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document editors. * '' PHP Development Tools'' (PDT) * ''Parallel Tools Platform'' (PTP) adds support for parallel and high-performance computing development, analysis, run/monitoring, debugging, and performance analysis. * '' WindowBuilder'' is a bi-directional Java GUI designer. Projects requiring an older version of the Eclipse platform: * ''AspectJ Development Tools'' (AJDT) adds support for the

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Java extensions. AJDT require Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede).

Modeling

The following sub-projects are located under the ''Modeling'' sub-project: * ''

Eclipse Modeling Framework Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) is an Eclipse-based modeling framework and code generation facility for building tools and other applications based on a structured data model. From a model specification described in XML Metadata Interchange ...

'' (EMF), a modeling framework and code generation facility for building tools and other applications based on a structured data model, from a model specification described in XMI. * ''

Graphical Modeling Framework The Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF) is a framework within the Eclipse platform. It provides a generative component and runtime infrastructure for developing graphical editors based on the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) and Graphical Editing ...

'' (GMF) is a generative component and runtime infrastructure for developing graphical editors based on EMF and GEF. * ''

Acceleo Acceleo is an open-source code generator from the Eclipse Foundation that allows people to use a model-driven approach to building applications. It is an implementation of the " MOFM2T" standard, from the Object Management Group (OMG), for perfo ...

'', an Open Source code generator that uses EMF based models to generate any textual language (Java, PHP, Python, etc.). * ''

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'', an Open Source project to create custom graphical modeling workbenches by leveraging the Eclipse Modeling technologies, including EMF and GMF. * '' eTrice'', an implementation of the

Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling (ROOM) is a domain-specific language. ROOM was developed in the early 1990s for modeling Real-time systems. The initial focus was on telecommunications, even though ROOM can be applied to any event-driven real-tim ...

language ROOM for event driven real-time software systems. * '' Vorto'', standardization of information models which are an abstraction of a physical, real-world device. * ''

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'' Papyrus is an industrial-grade open source Model-Based Engineering tool. Papyrus has notably been used successfully in industrial projects and is the base platform for several industrial modeling tools.

Technology

The following sub-projects are located under the ''Technology'' sub-project: * ''Eclipse Scout'' is a framework for implementing multitier business applications based on the Eclipse platform. * '' Eclipse SUMO'' is a free and open traffic simulation toolsuite. * '' g-Eclipse'' provides a middleware independent framework and exemplary implementations for users, developers, and administrators accessing Computing Grids. * ''Subversive — SVN Team Provider'' is aimed at providing Subversion support similar to that previously provided for CVS.

Other

* '' Application Lifecycle Framework'', a closed project * '' Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools Project'' (BIRT), an Eclipse-based open source reporting system for web applications, especially those based on Java EE. * ''Data Tools Platform Project'' (DTP) provides relational database connectivity and SQL design tools. * '' Mylyn'' is a task-focused interface for Eclipse combining a task manager that integrates with bug trackers (such as

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and JIRA) and version control software with dynamic code filtering. * ''Test and Performance Tools Platform'' (TPTP) which provides a platform that allows software developers to build test and performance tools, such as

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s, profilers and benchmarking applications. * ''Web Standard Tools'' (WST) adds standards compliant web development tools. These tools include editors for

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HTML The HyperText Markup Language or HTML is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser. It can be assisted by technologies such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and scripting languages such as JavaSc ...

and CSS. * ''Mihini'', an embedded runtime running on top of Linux, that exposes high-level Lua API for building M2M applications. Mihini aims at enabling easy and portable development, by facilitating access to the I/Os of an M2M system, providing a communication layer, etc.

Third-party projects

* ''Android Development Tools Plugin for Eclipse'' is an Android Development Toolkit plugin for Eclipse. * ''CFEclipse'' is an open source ColdFusion IDE based on the Eclipse platform. * ''EPIC'' is an open source

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IDE based on the Eclipse platform. * ''

Adobe Flash Builder Adobe Flash Builder (previously known as Adobe Flex Builder) is an integrated development environment (IDE) built on the Eclipse platform that speeds development of rich Internet applications (RIAs) and cross-platform desktop applications, parti ...

'' is an Eclipse-based IDE for developing rich Internet applications (RIAs) with the Adobe Flash/Flex framework. * ''

Google Plugin for Eclipse Google Plugin for Eclipse (GPE) was a set of development tools that enabled Java developers to design, build, optimize, and deploy cloud computing applications. developers in creating complex user interfaces, generating Ajax code using the GWT W ...

'' is a Google App Engine and Google Web Toolkit plugin. * ''

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& Grails Tool Suite'' (GGTS) is an open source Eclipse based IDE tailored to developing Groovy programs and Grails web applications. Like Spring Tool Suite, GGTS includes the developer edition of

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vFabric tc Server. * '' JBoss Developer Studio'' (JBDS) is a development environment combining tooling and components of Eclipse, the Eclipse Web Tools Project, and the

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. * ''The JMLSpecs Project'' adds support for the JML specification language to the Java features provided by the JDT. The project currently provides automatic JML compilation, the standard JML toolset, and Eclipse UI features such as syntax highlighting and content assistance. * '' Nodeclipse'' is Eclipse-based IDE for Node.js development. * '' PyDev'' is a fully functional

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Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with refactoring support, and graphical debugging. * '' RadRails'' is an IDE for

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. * ''Ruby Development Tools'' (RDT) is an open source

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IDE for the Eclipse platform. * ''ScalaIDE plugin'' allows Eclipse users to design, debug and build programs in Scala. The ScalaIDE supports mixed Scala/Java Projects,

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, and an integrated debugger. * ''Spring Tool Suite'' (STS) is an open source IDE (also available as an Eclipse plugin) for building applications utilizing the

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. STS includes the developer edition of vFabric tc Server, advanced code completion and refactoring, a graphical Spring configuration editor, and tools for Spring Web Flow,

Spring Batch Spring Batch is an open source framework for batch processing. It is a lightweight, comprehensive solution designed to enable the development of robust batch applications, which are often found in modern enterprise systems. Spring Batch builds ...

Spring Roo Spring Roo is an open-source software tool that uses convention-over-configuration principles to provide rapid application development of Java-based enterprise software. The resulting applications use common Java technologies such as Spring Fram ...

, and Spring Integration. * ''Wolfram Workbench'' is an IDE based on Eclipse (also available as an Eclipse plugin) for the Mathematica language. * ''WOLips'' is an IDE for

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