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Language Support for Java(TM) by Red Hat vs Spring Tools: catalog facts
Language Support for Java(TM) by Red Hat	Spring Tools
Free Free to install from the Visual Studio Marketplace.	Free Free and open source; paid enterprise support for Spring is sold separately.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Code completion, linting, formatting and refactoring for Java Maven and Gradle projects recognised automatically	Deep knowledge of Spring Framework and Spring Boot built in Works in Eclipse, VS Code, Cursor, Theia and Claude Code
Only works inside Visual Studio Code Other platforms need a separately installed JDK 25 or newer	Only useful for Spring-based Java projects The full IDE is Eclipse-based, which some find heavy
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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