Eclipse Platform is a comprehensive set of frameworks and common services that collectively provide a powerful software development infrastructure. It serves as the base framework for the Eclipse integrated development environment IDE and many other rich client applications.
The platform includes a wide range of frameworks and common services that are essential to supporting the use of Eclipse as a component model. These services include a standard workbench user interface model and a portable native widget toolkit, which ensure that the user interface of Eclipse is consistent across different platforms. The project model allows for the management of resources and enables automatic resource delta management for incremental compilers and builders.
Eclipse Platform also provides language-independent debug infrastructure that enables developers to debug programs written in different languages. Additionally, the platform includes infrastructure for distributed multi-user versioned resource management, which allows for collaborative development and version control of resources.
Overall, Eclipse Platform is an essential set of tools and services for developers who need a robust and flexible platform for building complex software applications. Its comprehensive set of frameworks and common services ensure that developers can create high-quality software that meets the needs of their users. As the base framework for the Eclipse IDE and many other rich client applications, Eclipse Platform has a proven track record of providing a stable and reliable development platform that supports the creation of powerful software applications.
See also https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/eclipse.platform and https://eclipseide.org/
The Eclipse Platform is an Eclipse community project. It follows the governance rules described in the Eclipse Development Process to guarantee meritocracy and transparent community oversight.
Please bear in mind that this project is almost entirely developed by volunteers and is not a product for which you contracted. As a result, contributors may not be able to look into every support request. As per the Eclipse Development Process, committers are committed to reviewing incoming code contributions. If you do not provide the fix or implementation yourself (or pay someone to do it for you), the bug might never get fixed. If it is a serious bug, other people besides you might care enough to provide a fix. As a consequence, the only sure way to ensure an issue gets fixed or a feature gets implemented is to contribute it yourself and convince a contributor that the change you suggest is worthwhile.
As you contribute more and more, you will eventually get nominated as a committer on the project.
Before reporting an issue, please consider whether it still exists or has already been reported:
- Find existing issues: https://github.com/search?q=org%3Aeclipse-platform&type=issues
- Test the latest build of Eclipse Platform or SDK:
- https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads
- Lists the latest builds and links to downloadable product archives and p2 repositories.
- https://repo.eclipse.org/content/repositories/eclipse-snapshots/
- Provides Maven artifacts.
- https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads
The Eclipse Platform project codebase is split into multiple repositories owned by this organization. If you face an issue and have a sense of which particular GitHub repository is most related, you can open your issue against that particular repository, e.g.,
If you are unsure, you can open an issue against this repository, and the issue will then be moved by maintainers.
For errors, please provide a stack trace or a minimal reproducer.
For performance issues, attach a sampling snapshot (for example with VisualVM).
Contributions are always welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md
See SECURITY.md
🤝 This project is governed by the Eclipse Foundation Code of Conduct. By participating, you are expected to uphold this code. Please report any unacceptable behavior to [email protected].