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Visual Studio Code vs Eclipse IDE for Rust Developers: catalog facts
Visual Studio Code	Eclipse IDE for Rust Developers
Free Free to download and use. GitHub Copilot and other AI features are separate paid…	Free Free and open source under the Eclipse Public License.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows
Extensions for essentially every language and framework Remote development over SSH, in containers and in WSL	Free and open source Part of the long-running Eclipse IDE family
The shipped build is not open source and collects telemetry by default Its extension marketplace is licensed for Microsoft builds only	The foundation homepage says little about the Rust package itself Full IDE rather than a lightweight editor
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License: Microsoft product licence	License: EPL-1.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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