A path through the runtime jungle

The EclipseRTP project delivers pre-configured EclipseRT packages that allow you to start developing with the Eclipse runtime quickly - without having to find your way through the jungle of p2 repositories.

Equinox and p2 provide the basis for all packages. This means that a package can be extended and configured using all the standard Eclipse tooling. In addition, the packages can be used as a target platform by consuming the provided p2 repository or by downloading and running the packages standalone.

The RTP packages are licensed under the EPL and like all Eclipse tools and frameworks, can be used to develop open source or commercial software. Maintained by Eclipse committers, the packages will be delivered and updated during the regular Eclipse release cycles.

While all EclipseRT technologies are implemented using Java, the RTP packages are able to run on nearly every environment. To demonstrate this, the project also provides several cloud images that have the RTP packages pre-installed.

The following images are currently available for Amazon EC2:

See how to get started with these images on the RTP EC2 getting started guide.

To make getting started even easier for EclipseRT, the RTP project provides easy to follow getting started guides. Following our maxim, “Download, Run, Explore”, the project has also created RTP examples that enable you to become familiar with specific EclipseRT technologies.