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