Introducing SWT Evolve: a new drop-in modern renderer
Transform your desktop application for today’s world without costly rewrites required.
✅Modern UX
✅Web deployment
✅Same code logic you trust
Learn more about SWT Evolve: https://t.co/3OdkB9ULUf
Nobody plans to spend five years rebuilding software that already works.
It happens anyway. The app looks dated, the people who know the UI are retiring, someone needs it in a browser. Two options hit the table.
Rewrite it in a web framework: discard 20 years of working logic for a UI that looks current.
Jump to VS Code or Electron: also a rewrite, and now your Java team is outside its own ecosystem.
Both treat the codebase as the liability. It isn’t. The presentation layer is.
So that’s the only part we replace with Evolve. Drop-in renderer, your code untouched, and the same codebase can run in a browser.
No rewrite. Your code. Your JVM.
Our August update is out:
We've joined the Eclipse IDE Working Group, helping shape the future of the Eclipse IDE. And Equo Chromium v150 lands in Community Edition and enters Beta for Enterprise — the latest Chromium engine, web standards, and security.
Our July newsletter is out:
On this update we share our experience at Java Forum Stuttgart 2026, the announcement of EWT — our new open source SDK for building native applications, a deep-dive on how NatTable renders in SWT Evolve, and reliability improvements to Equo Chromium.
NatTable, one of the toughest grids in the Eclipse RCP ecosystem, now runs on SWT Evolve.
Rendering, editing, sorting, and filtering intact, GPU-accelerated, all the way to the web.
No changes to your grid code, no rewrites required.
Full breakdown: https://t.co/iTOop9SP0A
Our June update is here!
Equo Chromium v138 & v144 just got new fixes — security, Wayland, and multi-monitor improvements.
Tomorrow we'll be at our Java Forum Stuttgart booth, ready to modernize (and take to the web) your Eclipse RCP, SWT, or Swing app.
New In Equo: we're launching Equo Widget Toolkit (EWT)🚀
Modern, GPU-rendered UI for the JVM, without leaving Java, Kotlin, or Scala. Pairs with SWT Evolve for existing Eclipse RCP apps too.
Congrats to Mateo Rodon & Axel Orsingher on the launch!👏
Massive capital is wasted on rewrites. Don't throw away perfect Java logic for a modern UX or cloud; it’s just a rendering bottleneck.
July 9: Bring your code to Equo at Java Forum Stuttgart. We’ll modernize and web-enable your RCP/SWT app in 5 mins. 🚀
https://t.co/sL9fUM79ZZ
We're sponsoring Java Forum Stuttgart 2026!
On 9 July see how your mission-critical Eclipse RCP/SWT desktop applications can be instantly evolved: modern UX on desktop, or the same app running on the web.
No rewrite. No risk. Just your app, evolved.
See you in Stuttgart!
May Product Update 🚀
Equo Chromium v138 & v144 ship stability improvements and new capabilities. SWT Evolve brings NatTable support ready, desktop and browser, zero code changes.
Read the full update: https://t.co/p4suiqzVG2
After talking to dozens of engineering teams at OCX in Brussels and customers in Germany, one thing is clear: the conversation around legacy software has fundamentally shifted. The future is about evolution, not replacement.
SWT Evolve promised instant modernization for Eclipse RCP applications.
At OCX 2026, real teams proved it with real applications: modern UI/UX and web-ready results in seconds, without rewrites.
This is the path forward.
Read more: https://t.co/hnIVnOAF1v
At OCX 2026, Sebastian Sampaoli and Guillermo Zunino showed SWT Evolve modernizing SWT and Eclipse RCP apps instantly: modern UI, web access, and cloud-ready capabilities without rewrites.
For teams facing costly migrations, this is worth watching: https://t.co/5BPfAfe5BO
Check out the @ocfortooling at #OCX recap blog, sharing insights on key topics covered, highlights and takeaways.
Read the blog 👉 https://t.co/ciE9rRwOPQ
Watch the recordings 👉 https://t.co/qbSbQrxGFJ
#OCX26#tooling#developer#devtools#opensource
April Product Update
This April was one of the most important months in Equo’s history.
✅ Equo Chromium v144 stable release
✅ SWT Evolve at OCX 2026
✅ Client-Side Decorations and Chrome Style support
✅ Expanded Subscribe() API
✅ Standalone and lifecycle improvements
Final day at #OCX2026 🚀
Sebastian Sampaoli and Guillermo Zunino shared a different approach to modernizing SWT & Eclipse RCP applications without starting from scratch.
Great energy and strong interest around the topic.