Become a Member or Corporate Sponsor

These pages contain information about the benefits, qualifications and rights of being a member of the Eclipse Foundation. Some organizations (members and non-members alike) also support the Eclipse Foundation through the Corporate Sponsors program. Please contact membership@eclipse.org with any questions you may have.

Please note that 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.