<s>
Eclipse	B-Language
Che	I-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-License
,	O
Java-based	O
developer	O
workspace	O
server	O
and	O
Online	B-Application
IDE	I-Application
(	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
contains	O
a	O
SDK	B-Application
for	O
creating	O
plug-ins	O
for	O
languages	O
,	O
frameworks	O
or	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eclipse	B-Language
Che	I-Language
is	O
an	O
Eclipse	O
Cloud	O
Development	O
(	O
ECD	O
)	O
top-level	O
project	O
,	O
allowing	O
contributions	O
from	O
the	O
user	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eclipse	B-Language
Che	I-Language
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
October	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
its	O
main	O
contributors	O
,	O
Codenvy	B-Language
,	O
delivered	O
the	O
technological	O
stack	O
which	O
Che	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
three	O
years	O
of	O
ongoing	O
development	O
the	O
project	O
raised	O
$9	O
million	O
and	O
developed	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
business	O
called	O
Codenvy	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Codenvy	B-Language
itself	O
is	O
today	O
a	O
commercial	O
product	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Eclipse	B-Language
Che	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
many	O
contributors	O
besides	O
Codenvy	B-Language
like	O
IBM	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
,	O
SAP	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Intuit	O
,	O
eXo	O
Platform	O
,	O
WSO2	O
,	O
and	O
Serli	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
numerous	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
contributors	O
from	O
Brazil	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
China	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
India	O
,	O
Russia	O
,	O
Sri	O
Lanka	O
,	O
Ukraine	O
,	O
and	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eclipse	B-Language
Che	I-Language
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
which	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Common	O
Public	O
License	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eclipse	B-Language
Che	I-Language
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
application	O
which	O
runs	O
by	O
default	O
on	O
an	O
Apache	B-Language
Tomcat	I-Language
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IDE	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
inside	O
the	O
browser	O
is	O
written	O
using	O
the	O
Google	B-Language
Web	I-Language
Toolkit	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Che	O
is	O
highly	O
extensible	O
since	O
it	O
delivers	O
a	O
SDK	B-Application
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
new	O
plug-ins	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
bundled	O
to	O
so	O
called	O
assemblies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
machines	O
where	O
the	O
projects	O
can	O
be	O
executed	O
are	O
managed	O
by	O
Docker	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eclipse	B-Language
Che	I-Language
comes	O
with	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
new	O
functionality	O
and	O
flexibility	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Docker	B-Language
Images	O
:	O
Each	O
workspace	O
contains	O
so	O
called	O
machines	O
which	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
execute	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
machine	O
may	O
have	O
varying	O
technologies	O
installed	O
and	O
is	O
managed	O
by	O
Docker	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collaborative	O
Workspaces	O
:	O
If	O
Eclipse	B-Language
Che	I-Language
is	O
hosted	O
as	O
a	O
workspace	O
server	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
by	O
multiple	O
users	O
and	O
teams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plug-In	O
Framework	O
:	O
By	O
providing	O
a	O
SDK	B-Application
to	O
enable	O
custom	O
plug-in	O
development	O
Eclipse	B-Language
Che	I-Language
gains	O
high	O
extensibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open-Source	B-License
:	O
Eclipse	B-Language
Che	I-Language
has	O
been	O
developed	O
over	O
four	O
years	O
by	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
contributors	O
all	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Codenvy	B-Language
also	O
offers	O
a	O
scaling	O
ecosystem	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
on-demand	O
or	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
SaaS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
future	O
releases	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
planned	O
to	O
enable	O
remote	O
Docker	B-Language
containers	O
so	O
users	O
do	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
have	O
all	O
containers	O
running	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
host	O
.	O
</s>
