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Eclipse is an open-source, Java-based extensible development platform.
Eclipse is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Java, and it can also serve as an IDE for other programming languages such as C, C++, PHP, and Ruby.
Eclipse comes with a standard set of plugins, including Java Development Tools (JDK).
License
The Eclipse platform and its plugins are released under the Eclipse Public License (EPL).
The Eclipse Public License (EPL) is an open-source software license, applied by the Eclipse Foundation to its integrated development environment, Eclipse.
Releases
Since 2006, the Eclipse Foundation has coordinated annual simultaneous releases. To date, these releases primarily occur in June, with SR1 and SR2 versions released in September and February, respectively.
| Codename | Platform Version | Main Release Date | SR1 Release Date | SR2 Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callisto | 3.2 | June 26, 2006 | N/A | N/A |
| Europa | 3.3 | June 27, 2007 | September 28, 2007 | February 29, 2008 |
| Ganymede | 3.4 | June 25, 2008 | September 24, 2008 | February 25, 2009 |
| Galileo | 3.5 | June 24, 2009 | September 25, 2009 | February 26, 2010 |
| Helios | 3.6 | June 23, 2010 | September 24, 2010 | February 25, 2011 |
| Indigo | 3.7 | June 22, 2011 | September 23, 2011 | February 24, 2012 |
| Juno | 3.8 and 4.2 | June 27, 2012 | September 28, 2012 | March 1, 2013 |
| Kepler | 4.3 | June 26, 2013 | September 27, 2013 | February 28, 2014 |
| Luna | 4.4 | June 25, 2014 | September 25, 2014 | N/A |
| Mars | 4.5 | June 24, 2015 | N/A | N/A |
| Neon | 4.6 | June 22, 2016 | N/A | N/A |
| Oxygen | 4.7 | June 28, 2017 | N/A | N/A |
| Photon | 4.8 | June 2018 | N/A | N/A |
After the Neon release, each major version is typically released in June, with subsequent updates released in September (1), December (2), and March (*3).