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Eclipse Theia: The 'DeepSeek' of AI Tooling?

10 points by NcommSF 2y ago

g42gregory 2y ago
I am 1,000% percent for the open source but, empirically, Eclipse couldn't keep up with the JetBrains before and now with Cursor/Windsurf/... Something at the Eclipse Foundation is not working. I don't know what it is. I hope they can fix it. In my opinion, open source tools andmodels are necessary for the Industry to thrive.
- NcommSF 2y ago
  Not sure that maps to how a foundation works. The Eclipse IDE is something that's maintained and expanded on by the community, not the Foundation. I've heard a lot of folks are not interested in modernizing the Eclipse IDE, but just maintaining it.
  - IndianaJonas2 2y ago
    Theia and the Theia IDE have nothing in common with the Eclipse IDE, see: - https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2022/03/09/eclipse-theia-is-the-next-generation-eclipse-platform-for-ides-and-tools/ https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2022/03/09/eclipse-theia-is-... - https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2024/06/27/introducing-the-theia-ide/ https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2024/06/27/introducing-the-t... - https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2025/03/13/introducing-the-ai-powered-theia-ide/ https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2025/03/13/introducing-the-a...
jauntywundrkind 2y ago
> Following DeepSeek's disruption of the LLM landscape, the Eclipse Foundation bets that collaborative, open source AI tooling can outmaneuver billion-dollar proprietary competitors. Maybe! Eclipse Theia was a pretty great web capable editor when I gave it a spin in ~2018. The main thing I've wanted has been collaboration. Looks like there's been some real progress on that front, as of this past fall. Definitely like the idea of multiparty IDEs, and if AI can come play in that mix that will would be interesting! Feels like AI has been a pretty solo you & the machine experience. https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/issues/2842 https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/issues/2842
- IndianaJonas2 2y ago
  Collaboration support is supported since September 2024. You can eve self-hosted the server infrastructure if needed. https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2024/09/09/eclipse-theia-1-53-release-news-and-noteworthy/ https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2024/09/09/eclipse-theia-1-5...

10 points by NcommSF 2y ago

I am 1,000% percent for the open source but, empirically, Eclipse couldn't keep up with the JetBrains before and now with Cursor/Windsurf/... Something at the Eclipse Foundation is not working. I don't know what it is. I hope they can fix it. In my opinion, open source tools andmodels are necessary for the Industry to thrive.

NcommSF 2y ago
Not sure that maps to how a foundation works. The Eclipse IDE is something that's maintained and expanded on by the community, not the Foundation. I've heard a lot of folks are not interested in modernizing the Eclipse IDE, but just maintaining it.
- IndianaJonas2 2y ago
  Theia and the Theia IDE have nothing in common with the Eclipse IDE, see: - https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2022/03/09/eclipse-theia-is-the-next-generation-eclipse-platform-for-ides-and-tools/ https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2022/03/09/eclipse-theia-is-... - https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2024/06/27/introducing-the-theia-ide/ https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2024/06/27/introducing-the-t... - https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2025/03/13/introducing-the-ai-powered-theia-ide/ https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2025/03/13/introducing-the-a...

jauntywundrkind 2y ago

> Following DeepSeek's disruption of the LLM landscape, the Eclipse Foundation bets that collaborative, open source AI tooling can outmaneuver billion-dollar proprietary competitors. Maybe! Eclipse Theia was a pretty great web capable editor when I gave it a spin in ~2018. The main thing I've wanted has been collaboration. Looks like there's been some real progress on that front, as of this past fall. Definitely like the idea of multiparty IDEs, and if AI can come play in that mix that will would be interesting! Feels like AI has been a pretty solo you & the machine experience. https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/issues/2842 https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/issues/2842

IndianaJonas2 2y ago
Collaboration support is supported since September 2024. You can eve self-hosted the server infrastructure if needed. https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2024/09/09/eclipse-theia-1-53-release-news-and-noteworthy/ https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2024/09/09/eclipse-theia-1-5...