Clients, IDEs, builds

Perforce products also include tools and software packages that allow you to work with and analyze your data as well as seamlessly integrate Helix Server into interactive development environments and build solutions.

Helix client applications include:

  • A command line interface available for all platforms
  • A GUI interface for macOS, UNIX, Linux, and Windows
  • Integrations, or plug-ins, that work with commercial IDEs and productivity software

Interactive development environment integrations include:

  • The Helix Plugin for Visual Studio, short P4VS, embeds the power of Helix Serverfeatures into the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE.
  • The P4Eclipse plugin integrates the strengths of Helix Server with Eclipse’s powerful IDE.
  • P4Connect, the Helix Plugin for Unity, enables you to perform Helix Server operations directly from within Unity.

    You also have access to many community-built integration plugins, which are summarized on the Perforce website, on the Helix Plugins & Integrations page.

Build and reporting integrations include:

  • The Jenkins integration allows Jenkins users to use Helix Core Git Connector repositories directly. The plugin makes it simple to pull code, automate reviews, apply labels, and so on. Git Connector can be part of a environment that uses Jenkins.

  • The P42DB integration replicates Helix Server metadata to open source and commercial SQL databases.