Eclipse Che

Eclipse Che is a cloud-based integrated development environment that runs on Kubernetes. It lets you spin up full development workspaces from your browser without installing anything locally. Each workspace is a containerized environment with its own tools, dependencies, and source code. This makes it easy to standardize development setups across teams and avoid the "it works on my machine" problem.

Che supports multiple programming languages and integrates with VS Code extensions, so you can use familiar editors and plugins. It also includes a built-in terminal, Git integration, and the ability to run, debug, and test applications directly in the workspace. Workspaces can be shared, restarted, or discarded without affecting your local machine. The platform is built on Kubernetes and leverages container orchestration for scalability and resource management.

Eclipse Che is maintained by the Eclipse Foundation and is available under the Eclipse Public License 2.0. It is ideal for teams that want to provide consistent, disposable development environments for cloud-native applications. Organizations like Red Hat, SAP, and IBM use or contribute to Che. It can be deployed on any Kubernetes cluster, including OpenShift.