Modern Technology Stack
Web- and cloud-based tools are the new default for modern development and engineering. They run in any browser, provide a seamless user experience across devices, and tap into broad ecosystems such as VS Code extensions and the Language Server Protocol. They enable real-time collaboration, one-click onboarding, and long-term flexibility through open standards and vendor-neutral governance. With EclipseSource, you gain a partner who helps you design and build on this modern stack — tailored to your domain.
AI in Tools and IDEs
Artificial Intelligence is becoming a first-class component of modern tools. With Theia AI, we provide a framework for integrating LLMs, managing prompts and agents, and enabling full transparency and control over AI interactions. The Theia IDE showcases how AI-driven features — such as code completion, terminal support, and custom chat agents — can be embedded into a professional IDE. Whether you want to experiment or go production-ready, we ensure your AI solution remains secure, adaptable, and under your control.
Cloud Development Environments (CDEs)
One-click start is now the expectation. Cloud Development Environments allow teams to spin up ready-to-code workspaces in seconds, without local setup. We support you in adopting Dev Containers and Devfiles, running environments on Kubernetes, and integrating them with your security and compliance policies. Whether based on Theia Cloud, Eclipse Che, GitHub Codespaces, or other CDE technologies, we design and operate the most fitting solution for your requirements.
Modern Tool Technologies
Beyond platforms, successful tool projects depend on the right technologies: Language Server Protocol (LSP) for language support, Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP) for debugging, the VS Code extension API, and Dev Container/Devfile standards for reproducible environments. EclipseSource combines deep expertise in these technologies with extensive project experience to help you build custom, future-proof solutions.
Eclipse Theia
Eclipse Theia is the open platform for building custom tools and IDEs that run in the browser and on the desktop. It is highly extensible, compatible with VS Code extensions, and supports AI integration via Theia AI. We help you get started, extend Theia with missing features, or create fully tailored tools and IDEs for your domain. Let’s shape your next-generation tool together.
Learn more about Eclipse Theia services
VS Code & Extensions
Visual Studio Code is the most popular editor today, backed by a huge ecosystem of extensions. EclipseSource helps you leverage this ecosystem — by creating custom extensions, building domain-specific distributions, and managing extension registries for enterprise scenarios. We also support organizations in adopting OpenVSX or private extension mirrors to ensure governance, security, and independence.
Learn more about Visual Studio Code services
Migration from Desktop
Many successful tools started as desktop applications, often based on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP). To stay relevant, these tools need to move to the web and the cloud. We specialize in modernizing and migrating Eclipse RCP-based tools to web and cloud architectures — while preserving the investments you’ve made in your domain logic, models, and workflows. With us, you can transition smoothly and at the right pace.
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Let’s work together
Let’s work together and benefit from our expertise to speed up your tool development project from the start. We support you in getting the required know-how, identifying the right mix of technologies, designing the ideal architecture and ensuring a sustainable open-source foundation of your custom tool with an optimal mix of our services.
Concept & Evaluate
With our extensive experience in tool development and typical underlying frameworks, we support you in selecting the right set of technologies and the ideal architecture for your project.
Support & Training
Our technical developer support and customized trainings are an optimal way to jump-start your development team, avoid common pitfalls, and get things right from the beginning.
Consult & Develop
Let our experienced architects and developers work in close collaboration with your development team and domain experts on your custom solution to increase development speed, expertise, and quality, as well as maintainability.
Create & Maintain
Open-source frameworks are a crucial fundament of your project? We are your ideal partner for creating & maintaining the open-source frameworks you rely on with our sponsored development and long-term support options.
What our customers say
“Right from the start, we were impressed not only by the enormous expertise available at EclipseSource. This coupled with an exceptional degree of reliability and outstanding quality in the result is a combination that is rarely found in this form.“
Heinrich Steininger
CTO, Logi.cals GmbH
“EclipseSource is a trustful and reliable partner, delivering fast and high-quality results – It is fun to work this way!“
Maximilian Ost
Product Field Architect, ETAS GmbH
“I would estimate that we are advancing the project around - just as a guess - 4 times as fast thanks to the support and input from EclipseSource.“
Patrick Vale
“This was the first time we engaged and worked with EclipseSource and it turned out to be a very positive experience. All agreed milestones were met, any problems identified were fixed in a timely manner, and all interactions were prompt, friendly, and professional. We were kept regularly informed about the progress made and given access to early versions for testing which made for a very smooth path to the final product.”
Manuel Mall
Senior Applications Developer, Synergy
“The EclipseSource consultants have a keen understanding of both the technical and business aspects of the Eclipse platform. […] I would estimate that in a few short days we’ve saved manifold our investment.“
Thomas Tik
Allianz
“I would like to thank you and your team once again for the RAP technical support provided to our project. I am very pleased with the results, which I can largely credit to the maturity of the Rich Ajax Platform (RAP). It is an excellent product and I can recommend it today as a complete solution.“
Ingo Mohr
“Yoxos Enterprise streamlines provisioning for our development team of over 200 users. It improves reliability of thetool environments for our teams and reduces development time. We have just renewed our subscription for another year.“
Frederic Mockel
EnBW, Energie Baden-Württemberg AG
“As a CEO getting his company up to speed on Eclipse I needed to provide my CTO and technical team with expert support as they explored what is a new technology for us.“
Oliver E. Cole
OCSystems
“It seemed too good to be true - that a small UI team of 6 people could develop one code base, with identical features and bugs, for an application deployed on the desktop and web. But this was the case.“
Paul Petershagen
CTO, Vitaphone GmbH