Eclipse IDE vs KDevelop
Eclipse IDE
eclipseide.org
KDevelop
kdevelop.orgSide by side
| Figure | Eclipse IDE | KDevelop |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · IDE Software | 8.9 (#5) | 8.2 (#18) |
| Spec score · Integrated Development Environments | 8.8 (#7) | 8.3 (#17) |
| Documentation | The documentation site provides HTML help for Eclipse IDE 2026-09 (4.41) and earlier quarterly releases. | KDevelop integrates QtHelp documentation files, man pages, and CMake help pages. |
| Extensibility | Users can add plug-ins and products from the Eclipse Marketplace, including through the Marketplace Client inside Eclipse. | KDevelop uses a plugin architecture, and the project site names Clang-Tidy, Heaptrack and Perforce support as examples of extensions. |
| Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium | Berlin, Germany |
| Support | The site points users to community chat, issue reporting, documentation, and the Eclipse IDE Working Group mailing list for help. | KDE community support is provided without warranty by volunteers, with help available through its discussion forum and Matrix rooms. |
Plans
In their own words
Eclipse IDE
Eclipse IDE has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
KDevelop
KDevelop is a free, open-source integrated development environment for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Its built-in parser backends support C, C++, and JavaScript/QML; Python and PHP support comes through optional plugins. For fully supported languages, it offers semantic syntax highlighting, code completion, and navigation such as finding symbol uses or jumping to declarations and definitions. Build support covers CMake and QMake, partial support for custom Makefiles, and invoking tools such as make and ninja. Graphical debugging is available for C/C++ and Python, with PHP debugging through an extra plugin. KDevelop also integrates unit tests, code formatting, and documentation from QtHelp, Man pages, and CMake help. Version-control interfaces include Git, Bazaar, Subversion, CVS, and Perforce; Mercurial is available as an optional plugin. Views, color schemes, and shortcuts can be customized. The free plan is listed at free. Windows nightly builds may be unstable or incomplete, and independently developed Chocolatey packages may not be up to date.