Supported IDEs

The following table lists the IDEs fully supporting J-Link/J-Trace and the additional features of J-Link/J-Trace, which can be used with them. All following IDEs have debug support, including: Download to flash and RAM, memory read/write, CPU register read/write, run control (go, step, halt), software breakpoints in RAM, hardware breakpoints in flash memory, and use of Unlimited Flash Breakpoints.

Full J-Link/J-Trace Support

IDE	Short description
SEGGER Embedded Studio	SEGGER Embedded Studio may be used free of charge for non-commercial purposes! (Learn more) SEGGER Embedded Studio is a complete all-in-one solution for managing, building, testing, and deploying your embedded applications. Its Visual Studio-like style brings the intuitive usage to which PC developers are used to the embedded world of engineering.
Microchip Studio	Visual Studio style, free toolchain. Based on GCC and Visual Studio Express. Easy to use and fast. Editor supports code folding, syntax highlighting, code completion and project management. Supports Microchip / Atmel devices only. J-Link is supported in Atmel Studio 6 and later Atmel Studio / Microchip Studio versions.
Atollic TrueSTUDIO	Eclipse and GCC based commercial toolchain.
CooCox CoIDE	Free Eclipse based IDE for ARM Cores, using GCC (not included).
Cosmic ZAP	Commercial debugger. Can be used stand-alone or in combination with Cosmic IDEA (IDE) and Cosmic Software C compiler.
Eclipse	Eclipse plugins available for GNU ARM. Plugins have to be installed manually. Can be used with GCC toolchains. Base for common commercial IDEs.
emIDE	Visual Studio style, free open source toolchain. Based on GCC and Code::Blocks. Easy to use and fast. Editor supports code folding, syntax highlighting, code completion, and project management. More info and download: emide.org
Emprog Thunderbench	Eclipse based commercial toolchain. Not GCC based.
IAR EWARM	Visual Studio style, commercial toolchain. Non-GCC compiler.
IAR EWRX	Visual Studio style, commercial toolchain. GCC compiler.
IDA Pro incl. ARM Decompiler	Multi-processor disassembler and debugger which supports multiple CPU architectures and supports J-Link via the GDB protocol. Available for Windows, OSX and Linux.
Infineon DAVE 4	Free Eclipse based IDE. Supports Infineon XMC devices only.
iSystem WinIDEA Open	Visual Studio style, free toolchain. Based on GCC. Editor supports code folding, syntax highlighting, code completion and project management.
Keil MDK-ARM	Visual Studio style, commercial toolchain. Non-GCC compiler.
Mentor Sourcery CodeBench	Eclipse and GCC based commercial toolchain. Supports ARM, IA32, MIPS and PowerPC architectures.
Microchip MPLAB X	Free NetBeans based IDE. Requires a licence in order to use the Microchip XC32(++) compiler.
netX Studio	Free Eclipse based IDE. Supports netX devices only.
NXP CodeWarrior	Eclipse and GCC based commercial toolchain. Supports NXP devices only.
NXP Kinetis Design Studio	Free Eclipse based IDE. Supports NXP Kinetis Cortex-M devices only.
NXP LPCXpresso Free Edition	Eclipse based IDE for ARM cores. Code size limited to 256 KiB. Supports NXP devices only.
NXP LPCXpresso Pro Edition	Eclipse based IDE for ARM cores. Supports NXP devices only.
NXP MCUXpresso Free Edition	Eclipse and GCC based IDE. No Code size limit. Supports NXP LPC / Kinetis ARM7/9 and Cortex-M devices only.
Renesas HEW	Visual Studio style, commercial toolchain. Renesas or GCC compiler.
Renesas e²studio	Eclipse based, commercial toolchain for Renesas RX. Can be used with GCC Compiler or Renesas compiler (requires additional license).
Rowley CrossWorks	Flash download not available for ARM11. Visual Studio style, commercial toolchain. Based on GCC. Unlimited Flash Breakpoints available since CrossWorks V3.3.
Silicon Labs Simplicity Studio	Free Eclipse based IDE. Supports Silicon Labs Cortex-M and 8051 devices only.
SysProgs VisualGDB	Extension for Microsoft Visual Studio. Commercial. Can be used with GCC or LLVM.
System Workbench	Free Eclipse based IDE. Supports ST STM32 devices only.
TASKING VX-toolset	Eclipse based commercial toolchain. Not GCC based. Supports Cortex-M devices.
TI Code Composer Studio	Eclipse and GCC based commercial toolchain. Supports TI devices only.

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Limited J-Link/J-Trace Support

IDE	Short description
J-Link Arm Keil Studio Pack	A set of extensions for Microsoft Visual Studio Code. Based on the Arm Keil MDK 6 tool-chain. Free for non-commercial use. J-Link is supported in CMSIS-DAP mode only.
ARM Developer Suite (ADS) V1.2.1	Obsolete, no longer maintained or supported by ARM, but still quite popular. Supports J-Link via RDI interface. J-Link RDI license required.