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.
J-Link Visual Studio Code	Free code editor with IDE capabilities. The Cortex-Debug extension has to be installed manually. Can be used with GCC toolchains. J-Link is accessed via the J-Link GDB Server.
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
Eclipse	Eclipse plugins available for GNU ARM. Plugins have to be installed manually. Can be used with GCC toolchains. Base for common commercial IDEs.
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.
CooCox CoIDE	Free Eclipse based IDE for ARM Cores, using GCC (not included).
Renesas e²studio	Eclipse based, commercial toolchain for Renesas RX, Arm, RISC-V and RH850. Can be used with GCC Compiler or Renesas compiler (requires additional license).
iSystem WinIDEA Open	Visual Studio style, free toolchain. Based on GCC. Editor supports code folding, syntax highlighting, code completion and project management.
NXP Kinetis Design Studio	Free Eclipse based IDE. Supports NXP Kinetis Cortex-M devices only.
Infineon DAVE 4	Free Eclipse based IDE. Supports Infineon XMC devices only.
Infineon ModusToolbox	Free Eclipse/CDT and GCC based development environment. Provides tools for creating, configuring, provisioning, programming and debugging applications for Infineon devices. J-Link can be used via the SEGGER J-Link GDB Server debug configuration.
NXP MCUXpresso Free Edition	Eclipse and GCC based IDE. No code size limit. Supports NXP LPC / Kinetis ARM7/9 and Cortex-M devices only.
NXP LPCXpresso Free Edition	Eclipse based IDE for ARM cores. Code size limited to 256 KiB. Supports NXP devices only.
ON Semiconductor IDE	Eclipse and GCC based IDE for ON Semiconductor devices.
Silicon Labs Simplicity Studio	Free Eclipse based IDE. Supports Silicon Labs Cortex-M and 8051 devices only.
STM32CubeIDE	Free Eclipse based IDE. Supports ST STM32 devices only.
System Workbench	Free Eclipse based IDE. Supports ST STM32 devices only.
GD32 Embedded Builder	Free Eclipse based IDE for Cortex and RISC-V cores, using GCC. Focused on GD32 devices.
JetBrains CLion	Commercial cross-platform IDE. Based on GCC. Free for non-commercial use.
SysProgs VisualGDB	Extension for Microsoft Visual Studio. Commercial. Can be used with GCC or LLVM.
Mentor Sourcery CodeBench	Eclipse and GCC based commercial toolchain. Supports ARM, IA32, MIPS and PowerPC architectures.
TI Code Composer Studio	Eclipse and GCC based commercial toolchain. Supports TI devices only.
NXP LPCXpresso Pro Edition	Eclipse based IDE for ARM cores. Supports NXP devices only.
Renesas HEW	Visual Studio style, commercial toolchain. Renesas or GCC compiler.
Rowley CrossWorks	Flash download not available for ARM11. Visual Studio style, commercial toolchain. Based on GCC. Unlimited Flash Breakpoints available since CrossWorks V3.3.
Atollic TrueSTUDIO	Eclipse and GCC based commercial toolchain.
TASKING VX-toolset	Eclipse based commercial toolchain. Not GCC based. Supports Cortex-M devices.
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.
NXP CodeWarrior	Eclipse and GCC based commercial toolchain. Supports NXP devices only.
Keil MDK-ARM	Visual Studio style, commercial toolchain. Non-GCC compiler.
IAR EWARM	Visual Studio style, commercial toolchain. Non-GCC compiler.
IAR EWRX	Visual Studio style, commercial toolchain. GCC compiler.
Microchip MPLAB X	Free NetBeans based IDE. Requires a licence in order to use the Microchip XC32(++) compiler.
Cosmic ZAP	Commercial debugger. Can be used stand-alone or in combination with Cosmic IDEA (IDE) and Cosmic Software C compiler.
Emprog Thunderbench	Eclipse based commercial toolchain. Not GCC based.
netX Studio	Free Eclipse based IDE. Supports netX devices only.

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Limited J-Link/J-Trace Support

IDE	Short description
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.
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.