Eclipse Open VSX has reached 1.0.0, highlighting its role as a vendor-neutral registry for VS Code-compatible extensions.

The latest Eclipse Theia release isn’t the kind of announcement that arrives with fireworks, sweeping claims, or a promise to reinvent software development by lunchtime. That’s probably a good thing.

The release includes an embedded MCP server that exposes Spring project analytics to AI coding assistants, along with first-class support for Spring AI and automated property refactoring.

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