Cloud and Desktop
Theia is entirely written in TypeScript and clearly separates the UI frontend from the backend. The frontend runs in modern browsers or as a Desktop app using Electron with either local or remote (cloud) backends.
Extensible
Theia applications consist of extensions. Composing a custom IDE-like product is as easy as listing all needed extensions in a package.json file. Adding new functionality by implementing your own extensions is easy.
VS Code Powered
Theia provides the VS Code experience in the browser. Developers familiar with Microsoft's great editor will find many familiar features and concepts, to minimze the gap when switching between desktop and cloud environment.
Supports JavaScript, Java, Python and many more
Built on the Language Server Protocol,
Theia benefits from a growing ecosystem of
Integrated Terminal
Theia integrates a full featured terminal, that reconnects on browser reload keeping the full history.
Flexible Layout
Theia's shell is based on PhosporJS, which provides a solid foundation for dragable dock layouts.
