Assuming you have also linked your Eclipse workspace to GIT there are still a number of differences between the two environments; the degree to how this affects you depends upon your needs: There are more editors for different rule types and supporting artifacts in kie-wb (guided rule editor, guided decision table editor, guided score card editor, enum editor, global variables editor, form modeller and test scenarios spring to mind). Furthermore kie-wb provides a runtime environment for jBPM processes and related UI, a remote maven repository and related UI, REST API for manipulating certain functions, improved security, BAM dashboard and more.