Che is billed as a Next-generation container development platform, developer workspace server and cloud IDE.
The software offers a centralized developer environment running on Kubernetes or OpenShift.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Code, Build and Debug in your browser.
- Git Services Integration – connect your GitHub, Gitlab or Bitbucket identity using OAuth.
Share development setups with a URL. - IDEs are packaged and distributed as Linux Containers – IDEs run remotely, in a Kubernetes Pod, and are accessible from a browser. Currently IDEs packaged and included with Eclipse Che are VS Code, JetBrains and Eclipse Theia.
- IDEs running in Che workspaces are configured to work in air-gapped networks, to trust an enterprise TLS certificate or to use a proxy to access external services. FIPS (U.S. Federal Information Processing Standards) are supported too.
- Multi-tenant by default – access to Eclipse Che workspaces requires authentication. The OIDC (OpenID Connect) protocol is used for authentication. Kubernetes RBAC is used to verify if a user is allowed to access a workspace.
- Multi-container workspace for each developer with the ability to replicate with a single click using Eclipse Che factories.
- Pre-built stacks with the ability to create custom stacks for any language or runtime.
- An enterprise integration using OpenShift OAuth or Dex.
- Browser-based IDEs; integration with Microsoft Visual Studio Code – Open Source and others such as JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition.
- Support of tools protocols, such as the Language Server Protocol or Debug Adapter Protocol.
- A plugin mechanism compatible with Visual Studio Code extensions.
- A software development kit (SDK) for creating custom cloud developer platforms.
Website: eclipse.dev/che
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Eclipse
License: Eclipse Public License 2.0
Che is written in TypeScript. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| IDEs for Kubernetes | |
|---|---|
| K9s | Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters |
| kustomize | Manage declarative configuration of Kubernetes |
| Freelens | Graphical interface for managing and monitoring Kubernetes clusters |
| KDash | Terminal-based Kubernetes dashboard |
| Headlamp | Web interface for Kubernetes |
| Che | Kubernetes based Cloud Development Environments for Enterprise Teams |
| kubewall | Single-binary Kubernetes dashboard |
| Monokle | Create and maintain high-quality Kubernetes configurations |
| Koreo | Platform engineering toolkit for Kubernetes |
| Seabird | Kubernetes IDE designed for the GNOME desktop |
| Kubethor | Kubernetes management web application |
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