An Eclipse IDE plugin for building and deploying Java EE, OSGi and Web 2.0 applications to WebSphere Application Server traditional V9.x with Java EE 7.
WebSphere Developer Tools 25.2 has been updated to tolerate Jakarta EE 9 and Jakarta EE 10 specifications, ensuring proper execution and stability when working with modern Jakarta EE applications.
The 25.2 release was tested for use with Eclipse 2025-09. For a list of supported versions and for more information about installing and downloading the tools, including archived versions of the tools for older versions of Eclipse, see WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools Releases.
This release has some known issues and workarounds which can be found here.
Categories: IDE, J2EE Development Platform, Tools
Additional Details
Eclipse Versions: 2025-09 (4.37), 2025-06 (4.36), 2025-03 (4.35), 2024-12 (4.34), 2024-09 (4.33), 2024-06 (4.32), 2023-09 (4.29), 2023-06 (4.28), 2023-03 (4.27), 2022-12 (4.26), 2022-03 (4.23), 2020-06 (4.16), 2020-03 (4.15), 2019-12 (4.14)
Platform Support: Windows, Mac, Linux/GTK
Organization Name: IBM
Development Status: Production/Stable
Date Created: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 17:54
License: Commercial - Free
Date Updated: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 - 04:46
Submitted by: Dario Flores
| Date | Ranking | Installs | Clickthroughs |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 75/626 | 286 | 17 |
| October 2025 | 63/637 | 365 | 26 |
| September 2025 | 75/653 | 310 | 35 |
| August 2025 | 72/615 | 292 | 29 |
| July 2025 | 65/636 | 336 | 25 |
| June 2025 | 71/627 | 321 | 25 |
| May 2025 | 64/634 | 355 | 16 |
| April 2025 | 68/623 | 351 | 19 |
| March 2025 | 82/661 | 353 | 20 |
| February 2025 | 73/645 | 384 | 25 |
| January 2025 | 77/654 | 359 | 21 |
Unsuccessful Installs
Unsuccessful Installs in the last 7 Days: 8

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Re: IBM WebSphere : Unable to connect to repository
Submitted by Joseph Kim on Thu, 10/25/2018 - 11:24
In reply to IBM WebSphere : Unable to connect to repository by Irfan Khazi
Hi,
I couldn't reproduce the issue and it seems to be more related to the network issue during your install. Check if the update site is up and running and try to install again.
http://public.dhe.ibm.com/ibmdl/export/pub/software/websphere/wasdev/up…
IBM WebSphere Application Server V9.x Developer Tools
Submitted by Vladimir Suslov on Wed, 05/24/2017 - 19:48
Hi,
cant install on oxygent in windows 10. Seeing some bizzare looping around. Neon was not laike that.