Subprojects

• Platform
  The Platform defines the set of frameworks and common services that collectively make up "integration-ware" required to support the use of Eclipse as a component model, as a rich client platform (RCP) and as a comprehensive tool integration platform. These services and frameworks include a standard workbench user interface model and portable native widget toolkit, a project model for managing resources, automatic resource delta management for incremental compilers and builders, language-independent debug infrastructure, and infrastructure for distributed multi-user versioned resource management.
• Equinox - an OSGi framework
  The Equinox project provides the OSGi framework implementation and component model on which the Eclipse RCP and IDE platforms run. The project seeks to implement the latest OSGi framework specification as well as all optional services contained in the OSGi specification. Equinox team members also participate actively in the OSGi specification process. In addition to the standard services and mechanisms, Equinox includes some basic infrastructure such as the notion of plug-in (aka bundle), the Eclipse bootstrap and launching code and the Eclipse extension registry. The Equinox OSGi implementation is suitable for use in embedded, desktop and server scenarios.
  
• JDT - Java development tools
  The JDT provides the tool plug-ins for the platform that implement a Java IDE for power-users, that supports the development of any Java application, including Eclipse plug-ins. The JDT adds the notion of Java projects and a Java perspective to the Eclipse platform, as well as a number of views, editors, wizards, builders, and code merging and refactoring tools. The JDT allows Eclipse to be a development environment for itself. The JDT plug-ins themselves can also be further extended by other tool builders.
• PDE - Plug-in development environment
  The PDE project provides a number of views and editors that make is easier to build plug-ins for Eclipse. Using the PDE, you can create your plug-in manifest file (plugin.xml), specify your plug-in runtime and other required plug-ins, define extension points, including their specific markup, associate XML Schema files with the extension point markup so extensions can be validated, create extensions on other plug-in extension points, etc. The PDE makes integrating plug-ins easy and fun.
• Eclipse Project Incubator
  The Eclipse Project Incubator subproject gives the community around the Eclipse Project a forum and set of resources for innovation and investigation of new and alternative ideas. The project is essentially an umbrella for the incubation work associated with the main Eclipse sub-projects.