Community News

Why Open Source is Critical in the AI Era

Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 15:17 by Jacob Harris

How can organisations harness the power of AI without compromising on security, adaptability, or sovereignty? Our executive director Mike Milinkovich looks at how open source AI tooling offers a sustainable path forward, and a path that puts control back in the hands of developers.


 

Eclipse Theia 1.61 Release: News & Noteworthy

Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 07:21 by Jonas Helming

Eclipse Theia 1.61 is here, packed with AI enhancements and powerful dev tools! Discover how Task Contexts, chat suggestions, editable prompts, and new agent capabilities bring AI-assisted development to the next level.

Whether you're building your own IDE or exploring the AI-powered Theia IDE, this update is a must-read for cutting-edge productivity

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When “Open” Isn’t Open Enough: Rethinking Trust in Dev Tools

Saturday, May 10, 2025 - 12:46 by Thomas Froment

As AI becomes integral to our development environments, questions arise about control and transparency. Recent events, like the restriction of the C/C++ extension in VS Code forks, highlight the challenges of relying on tools that, while open source at their core, may have proprietary constraints.

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SDV Newsletter #2

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 - 07:38 by Diana Kupfer

Latest news from the SDVerse: Read our second Eclipse SDV Newsletter to learn more about our new Eclipse SDV members & projects, reports, upcoming events, and more.

Enhancing AI Coding Agents with Project-Specific Information

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 - 04:42 by Jonas Helming

Struggling to get AI coding agents to follow your project’s unique conventions? This article introduces a simple yet powerful solution — a "project-info" file — that gives AI the essential context it needs to work seamlessly within your codebase, all demonstrated through a hands-on video with the AI-powered Theia IDE.

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Open Source in der Autoindustrie: Werkzeug, nicht Wunder

Monday, May 5, 2025 - 10:47 by Diana Kupfer

An interview (in German) with Michael Plagge, VP Ecosystem Development at the Eclipse Foundation, on why active participation in Open Source will lead to success in the automotive industry.

Eclipse Temurin 8u452, 11.0.27, 17.0.15, 21.0.7 and 24.0.1 Available

Monday, May 5, 2025 - 03:34 by Natalia Loungou

Adoptium is happy to announce the immediate availability of Eclipse Temurin 8u452-b09, 11.0.27+6, 17.0.15+6, 21.0.7+6 and 24.0.1+9. As always, all binaries are thoroughly tested and available free of charge without usage restrictions on a wide range of platforms.

April 2025 Community Newsletter

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 - 11:31 by Natalia Loungou

Read April's Community Newsletter to learn about Eclipse Foundation's Rapid Security Reviews, the Eclipse Trustable Software Project, our new reports, and more!

System Prompt of the AI-Powered Theia IDE Leaked!?

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - 02:45 by Jonas Helming

The entire system prompt of the AI-powered Theia IDE has been exposed, intentionally—proving that transparency, not secrecy, is the future of AI developer tools. Discover how Theia is redefining AI-powered coding with full user control, live editing, and open licensing—read the full story!