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Mylyn/Extensions
Integrators: if your tool builds on or integrates Mylyn please add it by editing this page. Order is alphabetical.
Connectors bundled with Mylyn can be found on the Download Page.
Bundlings
CodeGear JBuilder
JBuilder 2007 bundles Mylyn and includes a task repository connector for XPlanner. For more information see the video documentation.
License: Commercial Status: mature
Tasktop
The Tasktop provides a standalone version of Mylyn, focused web browsing and desktop integration, and includes connectors for Microsoft Outlook and Google Calendar (also available as Eclipse plug-ins).
License: Commercial Status: beta
Connectors
CodeBeamer Mylyn Connector
CodeBeamer from Intland Software, GmbH is a highly scalable collaborative software development platform used by sites such as JavaForge.com. The CodeBeamer connector for Mylyn gives you an access to bug/issue trackers in a project hosted at JavaForge.com (or any other hosting site powered by CodeBeamer). You can create bugs/issues in Eclipse, you can associate Mylyn task context with the issues, you can query or search all trackers in your CodeBeamer managed project.
Status: beta
License: tbd (free)
Update sites:
- Eclipse 3.2 and 3.3: cbconnector.javaforge.com/update/2.0
Issue Tracker (IssueZilla) Mylyn Connector
Issue Tracker is spin off project from bugzilla and is part of the CollabNet Enterprise Edition tool suite. This connector allows users to access and manipulate Issue Tracker issues through Eclipse Mylyn.
Status: mature
License: CollabNet Desktop Software End User License Agreement
Update sites:
- Eclipse 3.3: downloads.open.collab.net/eclipse/update-site/e3.3/
- Eclipse 3.2: downloads.open.collab.net/eclipse/update-site/e3.2/
Mantis Mylyn Connector
This project is an Eclipse Mylyn Repository plug-in for the Mantis Bug Tracking application using the Mantis Connect SOAP interface. This Repository Connector is alpha quality. Patches to improve the functionality would be appreciated -- see contributing on the connector home page to get started.
The latest version adds support for the majority of the mylyn features, and close to the feature set of the trac plugin.
Status: beta
License: EPL
Update sites:
- Eclipse 3.3: mylyn-mantis.sourceforge.net/eclipse/update
Project Tracker Mylyn Connector
Project Tracker a flexible tracking system that is part of the CollabNet Enterprise Edition tool suite. Project Tracker's primary focus is on software artifacts such as defects and enhancements, but is suitable for handling many other record oriented artifacts. Project Tracker is fully integrated with version control tools. This connector allows users to access and manipulate Project Tracker artifacts through Eclipse Mylyn.
Status: mature
License: CollabNet Desktop Software End User License Agreement
Update sites:
- Eclipse 3.3: downloads.open.collab.net/eclipse/update-site/e3.3/
- Eclipse 3.2: downloads.open.collab.net/eclipse/update-site/e3.2/
Request Tracker Mylyn Connector
Quote from http://bestpractical.com/rt/:
"RT is an enterprise-grade ticketing system which enables a group of people to intelligently and efficiently manage tasks, issues, and requests submitted by a community of users."
The RT Connector can do the following:
- add a repository
- create queries
- show ticket data
- edit (a large subset of) ticket data
- create new tickets
- comment and add correspondence for tickets
- resolve tickets
- take, steal, merge tickets
- display a ticket's history
Do not use in production environments.
Status: alpha
License: EPL
Update sites:
- Eclipse 3.3: http://mylyn-rt.sourceforge.net/eclipse/update/
Track+ Mylyn Connector
Track+ is a web based professional project management and issue tracking system. It has a highly configurable access control system, supports workflows and project accounting. Here you can obtain the Track+ Mylyn connector to use Track+ from within Eclipse.
Status: unknown
License: GPL
Update sites: www.trackplus.com/files/update-site/e3.2/trackplus-mylar
Bugclipse: FogBugz Mylyn Connector
FogBugz is a complete project management system for software teams. Bugclipse is a Mylyn connector that enables import of FogBugz cases as Mylyn tasks within eclipse. It also allows for automatic time tracking and generates timesheet reports. Case details can be exported in convenient formats (html, pdf, excel, ps)
Status: Beta
License: Commercial
Update sites: TBD
Bridges
Dynamic Languages via Eclipse DLTK
The Eclipse DLTK project provides structure bridges that support Mylyn's context model for languages such as Tcl, Ruby, Python and JavaScript. For more information see the Xored video documentation.
Status: beta
License: EPL
Update site: to come
Pydev
The Pydev project provides a structure bridge that supports the Pydev Package Explorer and Python elements in the Project Explorer. It currently works at the resource-level.
Status: beta
License: EPL
Update site: http://pydev.sourceforge.net/updates/
Spring IDE
The Spring IDE Mylyn Integration provides:
- A Structure and UI Bridge for Spring elements that works on Spring-element level (
<bean />
,<property />
or<constructor-arg />
elements) - Automatic code folding in XML editor based on current interest context (Code Folding for Structured Text Editors needs to be enabled)
- Content assist proposal resorting based current interest context in the XML editor
- Interest-level filtering in the Spring specific views, like Spring Explorer and Beans Cross References View
The Mylyn Integration is currently under development, but can be installed to preview from Spring IDE's nightly updatesite.
Status: beta
License: EPL
Update site: http://springide.org/updatesite_nightly
Version Control
Subclipse Integration
Subclipse is a Subversion client for Eclipse. Supported features:
- automatic Change Set management (see Mylyn FAQ Team Support)
- automatic commit messages
- Open Corresponding Task action to open Mylyn's task editor from the Change Set in Synchronize view and from entries in History view
- automatic linking projects with issue trackers using bugraq:url svn property
Status: mature
License: EPL
Update site: subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.2.x
Subversive Integration
Subversive is a Subversion client for Eclipse. See Polarion's Mylyn Integration Quick Start
Status: mature
License: EPL
Subversive update site: http://download.eclipse.org/technology/subversive/0.7/update-site/
Subversive SVN connectors update site: http://www.polarion.org/projects/subversive/download/eclipse/2.0/update-site/
Utilities
Eclipse Timeline
Eclipse Timeline is a scrolling timeline view showing events from variant event sources include Mylyn tasks.
Status: beta
License: BSD
Update site: http://eclipsetimeline.googlecode.com/svn/updates/
Fishtail
Fishtail uses the context of a currently active Mylyn task to formulate web searches about the code of interest. Searches are performed for a variety of categories, such as articles, tutorials, and examples of code use. Fishtail ranks the resultant hits, presenting the most context-relevant ones in its view.
Status: beta
License: EPL
Update site: cs.ubc.ca/labs/spl/projects/fishtail/update/