# eclipse-che/che

Kubernetes based Cloud Development Environments for Enterprise Teams

Repository: https://github.com/eclipse-che/che
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/che
Homepage: http://eclipse.org/che
Language: TypeScript
License: EPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: eclipse, devtools, ide, cloud, cloud-ide, kubernetes, containers
Last push: 2026-08-21T07:29:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4178, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 26, "gap_med": 22.0, "n_releases_24m": 31}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7161, forks 1209 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:56.320203+00:00)

## What it is
Eclipse Che is a Kubernetes-native platform that provides cloud development environments (workspaces) running in containers, with browser-based VS Code or JetBrains IDEs. Workspaces are defined declaratively via the Devfile format and can be launched from Git repository URLs.

## Use cases
- run a browser-based IDE on kubernetes
- set up reproducible cloud development environments for a team
- start a dev workspace from a git repo url
- onboard developers without local setup
- self-host a cloud IDE on my own kubernetes cluster
- share development environments via a link
- run vscode or jetbrains ide in kubernetes pods

## When to choose
- your team uses Kubernetes and wants standardized, portable dev environments
- you need fast onboarding with zero local tooling installation
- you want IDEs running in prod-like, air-gapped or enterprise-compliant environments
- you want workspaces defined as code with devfiles

## When to avoid
- you develop locally and don't use Kubernetes anywhere
- you need a lightweight single-user editor without cluster overhead
- your team lacks Kubernetes operations expertise
- you work offline without access to a cluster or cloud

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, container-orchestration, editor, self-hosted, web-framework
- domain: developer-tools, cloud-computing, web-development
- platform: browser, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: cloud-ide, devfile, remote-development, workspaces, openshift, vscode, jetbrains, enterprise, containers, kubernetes, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- eclipse-che/che (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.320203+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:39:58.306171+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/eclipse-che/che (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.320203+00:00, sha ce1943f62029)
  - homepage: http://eclipse.org/che (fetched 2026-08-29T08:36:01.430644+00:00, sha 58c101bb322c)
  - site_page: https://eclipse.dev/che/features (fetched 2026-08-29T08:36:01.433524+00:00, sha 4d2968c4ca9a)
  - site_page: https://eclipse.dev/che/docs/stable/administration-guide/installing-che-on-minikube (fetched 2026-08-29T08:36:01.436152+00:00, sha 67951467ff4b)
  - site_page: https://eclipse.dev/che/docs/stable/administration-guide/installing-che-on-openshift-using-cli (fetched 2026-08-29T08:36:01.439040+00:00, sha 67951467ff4b)
  - site_page: https://eclipse.dev/che/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:36:01.441889+00:00, sha 1d080462d2c5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.