IDE

An index and topic collection covering integrated development environments (IDEs), code editors, and cloud workspaces with APIs. This topic captures the editors, IDEs, and developer workspaces that expose programmable surfaces, including local desktop IDEs (Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse), modern AI-first editors (Cursor, Windsurf), agentic coding assistants (Aider, Cline, Continue, GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q Developer, Tabnine), notebook environments (Jupyter, JupyterLab, JupyterHub, Google Colab), cloud development platforms (Replit), plugin marketplaces (JetBrains Marketplace), and editor extension APIs (Visual Studio Code). IDEs and editor-as-API platforms expose extension APIs, Language Server Protocol (LSP) endpoints, workspace and project APIs, debugging APIs, plugin marketplaces, telemetry, completion and chat APIs, and remote workspace orchestration. This collection is distinct from API client tooling (HTTP request testing) and focuses on the surface where developers write, edit, debug, and run code.

IDE is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include IDE, Code Editor, Cloud IDE, Developer Tools, and Workspace.

The IDE catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

IDE’s developer surface includes developer portal and 1 more developer resources.

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9.6/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

0 APIs 8 Features 7 Use Cases

IDE Code Editor Cloud IDE Developer Tools Workspace

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scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

Composite quality — 9.6/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 3.1 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 1.6 / 17

Access Clarity 0.0 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.6 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 4.1 / 9

Regulatory Posture 0.7 / 15

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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Features 8

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Extension and Plugin APIs

IDEs expose extension APIs that let third-party developers add commands, views, language support, debuggers, and integrations. Examples include the VS Code Extension API, JetBra...

Language Server Protocol (LSP)

LSP is a JSON-RPC protocol that standardizes how editors communicate with language tooling (completion, hover, diagnostics, references). It is the backbone of polyglot editor su...

Workspace and Project APIs

Editors expose workspace, project, and file-system APIs that extensions and remote clients use to read, write, and watch source files, including multi-root workspaces and remote...

AI Completion and Chat APIs

Modern editors and assistants (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Tabnine, Continue, Cline, Aider, Amazon Q Developer) expose inline completion, chat, and agentic edit APIs that ...

Plugin and Extension Marketplaces

Marketplaces like the VS Code Marketplace and JetBrains Marketplace host millions of extensions and expose APIs for publishing, searching, and managing plugin metadata, download...

Notebook and Kernel APIs

Jupyter and JupyterLab expose REST APIs and a WebSocket-based messaging protocol for managing kernels, sessions, contents, and terminals, powering notebook computing in Colab, J...

Cloud Workspaces and Remote Development

Cloud-based IDEs like Replit and remote-development backends provide APIs for provisioning ephemeral workspaces, managing containers, and streaming editor sessions to browsers.

Debugger and Test Adapter Protocols

Standards like the Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP) and Test Adapter Protocol let editors integrate with debuggers and test runners across many languages through a single, portable ...

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Ide Context

8 classes · 21 properties

JSON-LD

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Extension

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Workspace

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Ide Extension Structure

14 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Ide Workspace Structure

10 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Ide Extension Example

14 fields

EXAMPLE

Ide Workspace Example

10 fields

EXAMPLE

Use Cases 7

What developers build with this provider.

Building AI Coding Assistants

Developers integrate LLM-backed completion and agentic editing into IDEs through extension APIs and editor-side hooks, powering products like Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Continue...

Custom Internal Developer Tooling

Engineering platform teams build internal extensions for VS Code, JetBrains, and Eclipse to embed company-specific scaffolding, deployment, and code-review tooling directly into...

Notebook-Driven Data Science Workflows

Data teams use Jupyter, JupyterLab, JupyterHub, and Google Colab APIs to automate notebook execution, manage shared kernels, provision multi-user environments, and integrate wit...

Cloud-Native Onboarding and Ephemeral Environments

Platforms like Replit and remote workspace backends use APIs to spin up pre-configured cloud IDEs for tutorials, interviews, and short-lived development environments without loc...

Plugin Distribution and Marketplace Automation

ISVs publish, version, and analyze extensions via the JetBrains Marketplace and Visual Studio Marketplace APIs, integrating release pipelines and revenue reporting into CI/CD.

Game and Real-Time Editor Tooling

Engines like Unity expose editor APIs and packages that integrate live services (multiplayer, analytics, build, asset management) directly into the editor used by game developers.

Standardized Language Tooling Across Editors

Tooling authors implement Language Server Protocol once and expose features (completion, navigation, diagnostics) across every LSP-capable editor, reducing per-IDE integration c...

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Integrations 8

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Visual Studio Code

The dominant open-source code editor with the VS Code Extension API, Language Server Protocol implementation, Debug Adapter Protocol, and a marketplace of 60,000+ extensions.

JetBrains IDEs

A family of professional IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, GoLand, WebStorm, PhpStorm, RubyMine, Rider) built on the JetBrains Platform SDK with a unified plugin model and marketplace.

Cursor

AI-first code editor forked from VS Code with deep agentic editing, codebase-aware chat, and tab-driven inline completion.

Windsurf

AI-native editor (formerly Codeium) featuring Cascade autonomous agent, multi-step planning, and enterprise APIs for completion analytics and team management.

GitHub Copilot

AI pair programmer integrated into VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Neovim, and the GitHub web UI, with Copilot Chat and agent APIs.

Jupyter / JupyterLab

Interactive computing platform exposing REST APIs and a WebSocket messaging protocol for kernels, sessions, contents, and terminals across notebook, JupyterLab, and JupyterHub d...

Replit

Cloud development platform offering instant containerized workspaces, multiplayer editing, an integrated terminal, and APIs for managing Repls and deployments.

Eclipse Foundation

Open-source community behind the Eclipse IDE, Eclipse Theia, Eclipse Che, and a wide ecosystem of editor and language tooling projects.

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Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: ide
name: IDE
description: An index and topic collection covering integrated development environments (IDEs), code editors, and cloud workspaces
  with APIs. This topic captures the editors, IDEs, and developer workspaces that expose programmable surfaces, including
  local desktop IDEs (Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse), modern AI-first editors (Cursor, Windsurf), agentic coding
  assistants (Aider, Cline, Continue, GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q Developer, Tabnine), notebook environments (Jupyter, JupyterLab,
  JupyterHub, Google Colab), cloud development platforms (Replit), plugin marketplaces (JetBrains Marketplace), and editor
  extension APIs (Visual Studio Code). IDEs and editor-as-API platforms expose extension APIs, Language Server Protocol (LSP)
  endpoints, workspace and project APIs, debugging APIs, plugin marketplaces, telemetry, completion and chat APIs, and remote
  workspace orchestration. This collection is distinct from API client tooling (HTTP request testing) and focuses on the surface
  where developers write, edit, debug, and run code.
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- Cloud IDE
- Developer Tools
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  - name: Extension and Plugin APIs
    description: IDEs expose extension APIs that let third-party developers add commands, views, language support, debuggers,
      and integrations. Examples include the VS Code Extension API, JetBrains Platform SDK, and Eclipse Platform APIs.
  - name: Language Server Protocol (LSP)
    description: LSP is a JSON-RPC protocol that standardizes how editors communicate with language tooling (completion, hover,
      diagnostics, references). It is the backbone of polyglot editor support across VS Code, Neovim, JetBrains, and Eclipse
      Theia.
  - name: Workspace and Project APIs
    description: Editors expose workspace, project, and file-system APIs that extensions and remote clients use to read, write,
      and watch source files, including multi-root workspaces and remote workspace orchestration.
  - name: AI Completion and Chat APIs
    description: Modern editors and assistants (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Tabnine, Continue, Cline, Aider, Amazon
      Q Developer) expose inline completion, chat, and agentic edit APIs that integrate LLMs into the developer loop.
  - name: Plugin and Extension Marketplaces
    description: Marketplaces like the VS Code Marketplace and JetBrains Marketplace host millions of extensions and expose
      APIs for publishing, searching, and managing plugin metadata, downloads, and reviews.
  - name: Notebook and Kernel APIs
    description: Jupyter and JupyterLab expose REST APIs and a WebSocket-based messaging protocol for managing kernels, sessions,
      contents, and terminals, powering notebook computing in Colab, JupyterHub, and many cloud platforms.
  - name: Cloud Workspaces and Remote Development
    description: Cloud-based IDEs like Replit and remote-development backends provide APIs for provisioning ephemeral workspaces,
      managing containers, and streaming editor sessions to browsers.
  - name: Debugger and Test Adapter Protocols
    description: Standards like the Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP) and Test Adapter Protocol let editors integrate with debuggers
      and test runners across many languages through a single, portable interface.
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  - name: Building AI Coding Assistants
    description: Developers integrate LLM-backed completion and agentic editing into IDEs through extension APIs and editor-side
      hooks, powering products like Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Continue, and Cline.
  - name: Custom Internal Developer Tooling
    description: Engineering platform teams build internal extensions for VS Code, JetBrains, and Eclipse to embed company-specific
      scaffolding, deployment, and code-review tooling directly into the editor.
  - name: Notebook-Driven Data Science Workflows
    description: Data teams use Jupyter, JupyterLab, JupyterHub, and Google Colab APIs to automate notebook execution, manage
      shared kernels, provision multi-user environments, and integrate with data pipelines.
  - name: Cloud-Native Onboarding and Ephemeral Environments
    description: Platforms like Replit and remote workspace backends use APIs to spin up pre-configured cloud IDEs for tutorials,
      interviews, and short-lived development environments without local toolchains.
  - name: Plugin Distribution and Marketplace Automation
    description: ISVs publish, version, and analyze extensions via the JetBrains Marketplace and Visual Studio Marketplace
      APIs, integrating release pipelines and revenue reporting into CI/CD.
  - name: Game and Real-Time Editor Tooling
    description: Engines like Unity expose editor APIs and packages that integrate live services (multiplayer, analytics,
      build, asset management) directly into the editor used by game developers.
  - name: Standardized Language Tooling Across Editors
    description: Tooling authors implement Language Server Protocol once and expose features (completion, navigation, diagnostics)
      across every LSP-capable editor, reducing per-IDE integration cost.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Visual Studio Code
    description: The dominant open-source code editor with the VS Code Extension API, Language Server Protocol implementation,
      Debug Adapter Protocol, and a marketplace of 60,000+ extensions.
  - name: JetBrains IDEs
    description: A family of professional IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, GoLand, WebStorm, PhpStorm, RubyMine, Rider) built
      on the JetBrains Platform SDK with a unified plugin model and marketplace.
  - name: Cursor
    description: AI-first code editor forked from VS Code with deep agentic editing, codebase-aware chat, and tab-driven inline
      completion.
  - name: Windsurf
    description: AI-native editor (formerly Codeium) featuring Cascade autonomous agent, multi-step planning, and enterprise
      APIs for completion analytics and team management.
  - name: GitHub Copilot
    description: AI pair programmer integrated into VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Neovim, and the GitHub web UI, with
      Copilot Chat and agent APIs.
  - name: Jupyter / JupyterLab
    description: Interactive computing platform exposing REST APIs and a WebSocket messaging protocol for kernels, sessions,
      contents, and terminals across notebook, JupyterLab, and JupyterHub deployments.
  - name: Replit
    description: Cloud development platform offering instant containerized workspaces, multiplayer editing, an integrated
      terminal, and APIs for managing Repls and deployments.
  - name: Eclipse Foundation
    description: Open-source community behind the Eclipse IDE, Eclipse Theia, Eclipse Che, and a wide ecosystem of editor
      and language tooling projects.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
humanURL: https://apievangelist.com

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