Using alternative IDEs in Che

Extending Eclipse Che developer workspaces using different IDEs (integrated development environments) enables:

Re-purposing the environment for different use cases.
Providing a dedicated custom IDE for specific tools.
Providing different perspectives for individual users or groups of users.

Eclipse Che provides a default web IDE to be used with the developer workspaces. This IDE is completely decoupled. You can bring your own custom IDE for Eclipse Che:

Built from Eclipse Theia, which is a framework to build web IDEs. Example: Sirius on the web.
Completely different web IDEs, such as Jupyter, Eclipse Dirigible, or others. Example: Jupyter in Eclipse Che workspaces.

Bringing custom IDE built from Eclipse Theia

Creating your own custom IDE based on Eclipse Theia.
Adding Che-specific tools to your custom IDE.
Packaging your custom IDE into the available editors for Che.

Bringing your completely different web IDE into Che

Packaging your custom IDE into the available editors for Che.