Watch Now: Open, AI-Powered Development with Theia IDE

The development of AI-driven IDEs is at a crossroads. While advancements have unlocked incredible potential for developer productivity, the most popular solutions today remain proprietary, opaque, and inflexible for end users. At OCX/EclipseCon, we presented an alternative vision—the open, transparent, and customizable AI-powered Theia IDE built on the Theia platform and Theia AI.

If you couldn’t join us live, we’re excited to share the recording of the talk, now available online:

What to Expect from the Talk

In this presentation, we showcase how the AI-powered Theia IDE breaks away from the limitations of closed AI integrations by providing:

• AI support with full control: Choose the AI model you want (local, hosted, or cloud-based), manage data privacy, and customize prompts for your workflows.

• Transparency and flexibility: Understand what data is shared with the AI and control how it interacts with your workspace.

• Open architecture for innovation: See how Theia’s extensible framework “Theia AI” enables unparalleled flexibility for both developers and tool builders.

The session also features live demonstrations of:

• AI-powered code completion

• Seamlessly switching of used LLMs, including local models

• Flexible Chat interfaces with actionable responses and deep UX integration

• Customizable AI interactions, custom agents and user-controlled context sharing

Whether you’re a developer looking for a transparent IDE solution or a tool builder exploring new possibilities for AI-powered environments, this talk highlights how an open approach can redefine the role of AI in development tools.

About the Theia IDE and AI Support

Theia IDE is the first open-source IDE to give users complete control over their AI integrations. Built on Theia AI, a flexible framework for AI-enhanced tools, it empowers users to tailor every aspect of the AI interaction—from selecting an LLM to adjusting prompts on the fly.

Theia IDE’s AI support is in an experimental phase, and your feedback is invaluable. Try it out, share your insights, and help shape the future of open, AI-powered development tools.

For more details, check out our blog post: Introducing AI Support in Theia IDE and Introducing Theia AI (the underlying framework for tool builders).

If you are interested in building custom AI-powered Tools, EclipseSource provides consulting and implementation services backed by our extensive experience with successful AI tool projects. We also specialize in tailored AI assistance of web- and cloud-based tools and professional support for popular platforms like Eclipse Theia and VS Code.

Get in touch with us to learn more.