TEL AVIV, ISRAEL: nWire Software, Ltd., an independent software vendor offering Eclipse-based tools has announced it has joined the Eclipse Foundation as a solutions member.

The Eclipse Foundation is an open source, not-for-profit member-supported corporation that helps cultivate both an Open Source community and an ecosystem of complementary products and services.

nWire Software focuses on building tools for the Eclipse IDE (Integrated Development Environment), including nWire for Java and nWire for PHP: a real time code analysis tools, offering code exploration, search and visualization said a press release.

It further added, nWire accelerates development by helping developers navigate through their code and better understand the architecture of their application. It can dramatically reduce the learning curve for developers entering a large code base. nWire is based on the standard Eclipse IDE toolset and smoothly integrates with the platform.

"nWire is a great example of how to leverage and extend the platform. We welcome nWire Software as a member of the Eclipse foundation," said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation.

"We are very excited to join the Eclipse foundation after many years of active participation," said Zviki Cohen, founder and chief software architect for nWire Software.

"We built our company around Eclipse because we believe it is the right platform: open, powerful with a vibrant community around it. Our unique tools contribute to Eclipse position as a leading IDE," added Cohen.

As part of the support and commitment to the Eclipse community, nWire Software now offers free downloads of the standard Eclipse packages.