Become a Member

These pages contain information about the benefits, qualifications and rights of being a member of the Eclipse Foundation. If you don't find the information you need here, please email membership@eclipse.org.

Please note you do not have to be a member to use the Eclipse technology or participate in an Eclipse open source project. Anyone can download our software from our download servers . To gain access to the newsgroups, please fill out this form to receive a user name and password.

There are three things you should do before becoming a member:

1. Understand the different membership types.

2. Learn about the benefits of membership.

3. Complete the membership process.