The Apache Directory Project provides directory solutions entirely written in Java. These include a directory server, which has been certified as LDAP v3 compliant by the Open Group (Apache Directory Server), and Eclipse-based directory tools (Apache Directory Studio).

The Apache Directory Team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Directory Studio 1.2.0, a major update of its Eclipse based LDAP Browser and Directory client.

You can download Apache Directory Studio 1.2.0 as a standalone RCP application for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows here:
http://directory.apache.org/studio/downloads.html

You can install it directly in Eclipse using this update site:
http://directory.apache.org/studio/update/1.x/

Here are a few highlights of this new version:

• The new Apache DS feature makes its introduction in Apache Directory Studio. This new feature allows you to run the latest version of Apache DS (1.5.3) from within Apache Directory Studio or Eclipse and makes it super easy (and fast) to create and run an LDAP Server.
• The Apache DS Configuration plugin now supports the 4 latest versions of Apache DS. It's now capable to read/write the server.xml file of an Apache DS 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2 and 1.5.3.
• The Search Logs view has been added to the LDAP Browser.
• We've also added the support to use the proxy features of Eclipse inside Studio as well as improved the platform (useful actions have been added to the platform, the Mac OS X application now respects the standards of Apple for the "About" and "Preferences" actions, etc.).
• We've also fixed some bugs dealing with schema files and schema parsing in the Schema Editor and LDAP Browser plugins.