The CC GUI plugin brings Claude Code and Codex directly into IntelliJ IDEA, offering a unified workbench with file references, diff integration, session management, token cost tracking, and extensible slash commands, while comparing its approach to the official ACP and other AI coding solutions.
JetBrains IDE users often juggle between the editor and a terminal to use Claude Code or Codex, but the CC GUI plugin consolidates all AI interactions into a single IDEA panel, offering visual workflow, plan mode, token tracking, and seamless integration without extra configuration.
CC GUI is a free MIT‑licensed IntelliJ IDEA plugin that consolidates Claude Code and Codex into a single visual panel, eliminating the need to switch between terminal and IDE, and offers features like provider configuration, planning mode, token tracking, AI‑driven commit generation, and skill management.
The article explains how the MIT‑licensed CC GUI plugin consolidates Claude Code and Codex CLI capabilities into a single IDEA panel, eliminating context‑switching, offering diff view, token cost tracking, slash commands, and compares it with JetBrains ACP, Qoder, and CodeBuddy while outlining installation steps, usage scenarios, and limitations.
The article explains how the open‑source CC GUI plugin integrates Claude Code and Codex directly into IntelliJ IDEA, eliminating context‑switching, offering a full visual workspace, comparing it with the lightweight ACP approach, and providing step‑by‑step installation, usage tips, and a feature matrix to help developers choose the right AI coding assistant.
JetBrains developers tired of switching between IDEA and a terminal can now use the free, MIT‑licensed CC GUI plugin—3.3k Stars on GitHub—to run Claude Code and Codex directly inside a single IDE panel, gaining context‑aware chat, diff view, token stats and seamless workflow integration.
This step‑by‑step guide shows how to install, configure, and use the CC GUI plugin to bring Claude Code’s AI coding agent directly into JetBrains IDEA, covering core panels, practical tips, and team‑level best practices for a seamless development workflow.
This article introduces CC GUI, an open‑source JetBrains plugin that adds a visual workspace for Claude Code and OpenAI Codex, walks through installation, configuration, and usage steps, compares it with the Qoder plugin, and shows how to automate code reviews inside IDEA.
