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Replace Anypoint Studio with tools your devs already know

Anypoint Studio is a proprietary Eclipse fork. Your team can build Camel routes in IntelliJ, VS Code, or the visual designer Kaoto — no special IDE required.

What you're moving to
Kaoto visual route designer canvas Kaoto dark mode Kaoto data mapper

IntelliJ / VS Code + Kaoto

Write routes as code in any IDE, or use Kaoto's visual drag-and-drop designer for a low-code experience. Full debugging, refactoring, and testing — standard tooling your team already uses.

Advantages over Anypoint Studio

✕ Eclipse-based IDE with dated UX
✓ Modern IDEs with superior editing, navigation, and plugin ecosystems
✕ Only useful for Mule development
✓ One IDE for all your projects — Java, Python, frontend, everything
✕ Limited debugging and profiling
✓ Full Java debugging, breakpoints, step-through, memory profiling
✕ Small talent pool of Anypoint Studio users
✓ Millions of IntelliJ and VS Code developers worldwide

What you get

Kaoto visual designer

Open-source visual editor for Camel routes, backed by Red Hat. Drag-and-drop integration design with a built-in component catalog and data mapper.

Code-first when you want it

Write routes in Java, XML, or YAML with full IDE support — autocomplete, refactoring, inline documentation. No proprietary DSL to learn.

Zero licensing cost

IntelliJ Community Edition, VS Code, and Kaoto are all free. The Camel plugin for both IDEs provides syntax highlighting, route visualization, and debugging.

Massive talent pool

Every Java developer knows IntelliJ or VS Code. Finding Anypoint Studio specialists is expensive and slow. Finding Java devs is neither.

Stop paying for a proprietary IDE.

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