Chapter 5. About the tools

The CLI is a command-line tool in the Migration Toolkit for Applications that allows users to assess and prioritize migration and modernization efforts for applications. It provides numerous reports that highlight the analysis without the overhead of the other tools. The CLI includes a wide array of customization options, and allows you to finely tune MTA analysis options or integrate with external automation tools.

For more information on using the CLI, see the MTA CLI Guide.

The web console for the Migration Toolkit for Applications allows a team of users to assess and prioritize migration and modernization efforts for a large number of applications. It allows you to group applications into projects for analysis and provides numerous reports that highlight the results.

For more information on using the web console, see the MTA Web Console Guide.

The Migration Toolkit for Applications (MTA) plugin for Eclipse and Red Hat CodeReady Studio helps you migrate and modernize applications.

The MTA plugin analyzes your projects using customizable rulesets, marks migration issues in the source code, provides guidance to fix the issues, and offers automatic code replacement, or Quick Fixes, if possible.

For more information on using the MTA plugin, see the MTA Eclipse and Red Hat CodeReady Studio Guide.

The Migration Toolkit for Applications (MTA) extension for Visual Studio Code helps you migrate and modernize applications.

The MTA extension is also compatible with Visual Studio Codespaces, the Microsoft cloud-hosted development environment.

The MTA extension analyzes your projects using customizable rulesets, marks issues in the source code, provides guidance to fix the issues, and offers automatic code replacement, if possible.

For more information about using the MTA extension, see the MTA Visual Studio Code Extension Guide.

The Maven plugin for the Migration Toolkit for Applications integrates into the Maven build process, allowing developers to continuously evaluate migration and modernization efforts with each iteration of source code. It provides numerous reports that highlight the analysis results, and is designed for developers who want updates with each build.