Eclipse IDE alternatives
As of 4 November 2026, 39 ides editors debuggers are named by companies instead of Eclipse IDE: Visual Studio by 1,836 companies, Visual Studio Code by 1,213, Xcode by 641.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Eclipse IDE, companies in postings
- 1,214
- Most used alternative
- Visual Studio · 1,836
- Fastest hiring, 90 days
- Visual Studio
- Alternatives ranked
- 39
- Catalogue
- T-1.0.1-prov
ides editors debuggers companies choose instead of Eclipse IDE
Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.
| # | Alternative | Companies | companies | vs Eclipse IDE | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visual StudioMicrosoft | 1,836 | 151% | 6,485 | Eclipse IDE vs Visual Studio → | |
| 2 | Visual Studio CodeMicrosoft | 1,213 | 100% | 2,762 | Eclipse IDE vs Visual Studio Code → | |
| 3 | XcodeApple | 641 | 53% | 1,292 | Eclipse IDE vs Xcode → | |
| 4 | Android StudioGoogle | 534 | 44% | 927 | Eclipse IDE vs Android Studio → | |
| 5 | IntelliJ IDEAJetBrains | 492 | 41% | 3,545 | Eclipse IDE vs IntelliJ IDEA → | |
| 6 | Adobe DreamweaverAdobe | 335 | 28% | 380 | Eclipse IDE vs Adobe Dreamweaver → | |
| 7 | 270 | 22% | 722 | Eclipse IDE vs SAP Business Application Studio → | ||
| 8 | GDBGNU Project | 266 | 22% | 819 | Eclipse IDE vs GDB → | |
| 9 | 216 | 18% | 395 | Eclipse IDE vs Serial Wire Debug → | ||
| 10 | Chrome DevToolsGoogle | 201 | 17% | 339 | Eclipse IDE vs Chrome DevTools → | |
| 11 | InstrumentsApple | 181 | 15% | 356 | Eclipse IDE vs Instruments → | |
| 12 | RStudioPosit | 164 | 14% | 258 | Eclipse IDE vs RStudio → | |
| 13 | VimVim project | 137 | 11% | 320 | Eclipse IDE vs Vim → | |
| 14 | Charles ProxyXK72 | 115 | 9% | 207 | soon | |
| 15 | Android Debug BridgeGoogle | 114 | 9% | 239 | soon | |
| 16 | FiddlerProgress (Telerik) | 112 | 9% | 235 | soon | |
| 17 | WinDbgMicrosoft | 102 | 8% | 325 | soon | |
| 18 | JetBrainsJetBrains | 89 | 7% | 422 | soon | |
| 19 | IAR Embedded WorkbenchIAR Systems | 87 | 7% | 147 | soon | |
| 20 | NVIDIA NsightNVIDIA | 84 | 7% | 194 | soon | |
| 21 | Oxygen XML EditorSyncro Soft | 84 | 7% | 150 | soon | |
| 22 | Lauterbach TRACE32Lauterbach | 83 | 7% | 318 | soon | |
| 23 | NetBeansApache Software Foundation | 80 | 7% | 132 | soon | |
| 24 | PyCharmJetBrains | 77 | 6% | 1,039 | soon | |
| 25 | KeilArm | 75 | 6% | 106 | soon | |
| 26 | FirebugMozilla | 71 | 6% | 66 | soon | |
| 27 | ValgrindValgrind Developers | 71 | 6% | 209 | soon | |
| 28 | PhpStormJetBrains | 62 | 5% | 81 | soon | |
| 29 | perfLinux Foundation | 61 | 5% | 199 | soon | |
| 30 | ftraceLinux Foundation | 58 | 5% | 141 | soon | |
| 31 | 55 | 5% | 104 | soon | ||
| 32 | NVIDIA Nsight ComputeNVIDIA | 54 | 4% | 126 | soon | |
| 33 | JetBrains RiderJetBrains | 53 | 4% | 132 | soon | |
| 34 | Dev ContainersDevelopment Containers | 48 | 4% | 79 | soon | |
| 35 | Oracle JDeveloperOracle | 43 | 4% | 58 | soon | |
| 36 | LogcatGoogle | 42 | 3% | 156 | soon | |
| 37 | Event Tracing for WindowsMicrosoft | 39 | 3% | 105 | soon | |
| 38 | LLDBLLVM Project | 38 | 3% | 92 | soon | |
| 39 | ABAP Development ToolsSAP | 37 | 3% | 92 | soon |
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39 ides editors debuggers are named by companies instead of Eclipse IDE: Visual Studio by 1,836 companies, Visual Studio Code by 1,213, Xcode by 641, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/eclipse-ide/alternatives)
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- RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
- 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
- Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
Eclipse IDE alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to Eclipse IDE?
Visual Studio: 1,836 companies name it in their own job postings, against 1,214 for Eclipse IDE.
How is this list ranked?
By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.
Does this say which is better?
No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.
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