mikroLab for PIC L is a toolkit for 8-bit PIC development utilising high pin-count chips. The EasyPIC PRO v7 supports more than 155 PIC MCUs from the PIC16 and PIC18 families. MikroC for PIC is mikroE's most popular compiler.
8-bit PIC microcontrollers are the entry point for a huge number of embedded developers. It's a widespread architecture that has been around for decades, and is still developed by Microchip, with new chips being designed to address today's IoT and low power applications.