Eclipse News

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.