Cloud & Desktop IDE Platform

Eclipse Theia is an extensible platform to develop full-fledged multi-language Cloud & Desktop IDE-like products with state-of-the-art web technologies.

• Website
• Scope
• Getting Started
• Contributing
• Feedback
• Roadmap
• License
• Trademark

Website

Visit the Theia website for more documentation.

Scope

• Establish a platform to build IDE-like products
• Provide the end-user with a full-fledged multi-language IDE (not just a smart editor)
• Support equally the paradigm of Cloud IDE and Desktop IDE
• Provide support for multiple languages via the language and debug server protocols
• Provide modern GUI with javascript UI libraries

Getting Started

Here you can find guides and examples for common scenarios:

• Run Theia in Docker
• Run Theia in Gitpod - a Theia-based IDE for GitHub
• Develop a Theia application - your own IDE
• Develop a Theia plugin - a VS Code like extension
• Develop a Theia extension
• Test a VS Code extension in Theia
• Package a desktop Theia application with Electron

Contributing

Read below to learn how to take part in improving Theia:

• Fork the repository and run the examples from source
• Get familiar with the development workflow, Coding Guidelines, Code of Conduct and learn how to sign your work
• Find an issue to work on and submit a pull request
  • First time contributing to open source? Pick a good first issue to get you familiar with GitHub contributing process.
  • First time contributing to Theia? Pick a beginner friendly issue to get you familiar with codebase and our contributing process.
  • Want to become a Committer? Solve an issue showing that you understand Theia objectives and architecture. Here is a good list to start.
• Could not find an issue? Look for bugs, typos, and missing features.

Feedback

Read below how to engage with Theia community:

• Join the discussion on Spectrum.
• Ask a question, request a new feature and file a bug with GitHub issues.
• Star the repository to show your support.
• Follow Theia on Twitter.

Roadmap

• Debugging

  A visual debugger leveraging the Debug Server Protocol defined by the VS Code team.

• Plug-in System

  A plug-in system supporting VS Code extensions.

• Workbench Improvements

  Theia's workbench shell will be improved, such that the user can drag and drop widgets from the side bar to the main area and vice-versa.

• Test Adapter Support

  Integration with testing frameworks, based on a Test Adapter Protocol.

• Robustness and Improved UX

  We will further work on simplifying Theia and its UI / UX, improve the performance and keep working on bug reports that are rolling in.

• More

  Any contributors might want to work on additional things. At least this happened in 2017 and is likely to increase with a growing community. :)

License

• Eclipse Public License 2.0
• 一 (Secondary) GNU General Public License, version 2 with the GNU Classpath Exception

Trademark

"Theia" is a trademark of the Eclipse Foundation https://www.eclipse.org/theia