The Eclipse Foundation has announced the release of the Eclipse Theia IDE. Based on the Theia cloud and desktop IDE framework implemented in TypeScript, the Theia IDE is avialable for Windows, Linux, and macOS and can be tried online.

With development led by EclipseSource CEO Jonas Helming, the Theia IDE was announced on June 27. The Theia IDE serves as an addition to the Eclipse Cloud DevTools ecosystem and provides an extensible coding experience across both desktop and browser environments. Developers can customize and control coding environments, offering greater productivity and creativity, the Eclipse Foundation said.

Theia IDE features include a customizable toolbar, detachable views, remote development support, and an upcoming collaboration mode. The Theia IDE is available for download on major operating systems and deployable in cloud environments. Like Visual Studio Code, the IDE integrates web technologies for cross-platform operation, supports the Language Server Protocol (LSP) and the Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP), and leverages the Monaco code editor. The Theia IDE also is compatible with Visual Studio Code extensions, accessible via the Open VSX registry.

At the core of Theia is an Eclipse-hosted open source community, enabling freedom for commercial use without proprietary constraints, Eclipse said. The Theia Platform itself has been available since 2017. Extensions for Theia IDE cover technologies such as Python, Java, GitHub, Docker, NPM, and Yaml.