JetBrains has announced that its flagship C/C++ IDE CLion is now free for any non‑commercial use, joining WebStorm and Rider in a broader strategy that lowers barriers for students, open‑source contributors, hobbyists, and content creators while preserving full functionality.
JetBrains has discontinued its remote collaboration tool Code With Me, citing declining usage and maintenance costs, and is redirecting resources to its AI platform Central, while other coding resources like Stack Overflow also feel AI pressure, signaling a shift from human‑to‑human to human‑to‑AI collaboration in software development.
The CC GUI plugin embeds Claude Code and OpenAI Codex directly into JetBrains IDEs, eliminating terminal switches, offering dual‑engine support, rich dialogue, agent commands, and session management, while outlining installation, SDK setup, provider configuration, and practical workflow examples.
JetBrains IDEs from version 2025.3 embed the Codex AI assistant powered by GPT‑5.4, offering faster, context‑aware code generation, project analysis, environment setup, and refactoring, with real‑world demos showing how it can download projects, configure tools, and even build a full mini‑program with minimal manual coding.
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.
After struggling with context limits of web‑based AI tools, the author integrates JetBrains’ Junie AI Agent directly into Android Studio, demonstrating a plan‑execute‑verify workflow, Ask and Code modes, multi‑module refactoring, responsive UI generation, and safe team collaboration through GitHub integration.
JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA 2026.1 release transforms the IDE into an open AI agent platform by integrating multiple AI assistants via the ACP protocol, adding quota‑free smart assistance, expanding language support, enhancing productivity tools, improving stability, and phasing out the Code With Me collaboration feature.
JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA 2026.1 release transforms the traditional IDE into an open AI‑agent platform, adding built‑in support for multiple AI assistants, unlimited smart assistance, new language features, enhanced productivity tools, and a strategic shift away from legacy collaboration features.
The article explains how Oracle, Spring, and JetBrains are collectively pushing Java toward an agent‑centric ecosystem, shifting the developer’s role from writing code to orchestrating AI agents, and outlines the specific capabilities, engineering practices, and risks Java engineers must adopt to stay competitive in the coming years.
This article introduces CC GUI, a powerful JetBrains IDEA plugin that integrates Claude Code and Codex AI engines, walks through its key features, installation steps, and a real‑world Spring Boot project demo, highlighting how the tool can automate code upgrades, refactoring, and testing within the IDE.
JetBrains AIR transforms AI‑assisted programming from an optional add‑on into the core workflow of a brand‑new IDE, offering a three‑step process for installing, defining tasks, and reviewing AI‑generated code while providing configurable permissions, parallel task execution, and extensible MCP integration.
JetBrains AIR redefines the IDE by making AI the default workflow, offering a step‑by‑step guide that covers installation on macOS, project opening, task definition, execution, review, and advanced MCP server integration, while emphasizing deterministic, explainable AI and developer control.
JetBrains announced the preview of its AI‑driven Central platform, featuring Air IDE and JetBrains Console for token management, while discontinuing the Code With Me collaborative coding tool, signaling a strategic shift toward AI agent orchestration and raising questions about pricing and developer workflow impacts.
The article explains how to integrate OpenAI's Codex into JetBrains IDEs, walks through installation, demonstrates project cloning, environment setup, code refactoring, testing, and highlights additional uses such as documentation and front‑end scaffolding, while offering practical tips for effective AI‑assisted development.
This article reviews the Qoder JetBrains plugin, explaining its memory‑perception and dual‑engine architecture, detailing installation steps, showcasing an end‑to‑end Spring Boot voting app generated by the AI, and discussing model choices and practical benefits for Java developers.
JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA 2026.1 EAP 3 introduces a long‑awaited feature that moves deleted files to the system recycle bin instead of permanently erasing them, while also delivering a host of Spring, Java, Kotlin, editor, AI, platform, and performance enhancements for developers.
This guide explains how to integrate Claude Code (or Codex) into JetBrains IDEA using the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), covering plugin installation, JSON configuration, adapter setup, MCP enabling, and the benefits of a unified AI‑coding workflow.
This article details JetBrains' journey from early AI plugins to a platform‑wide AI architecture, covering challenges like prompt‑engineering dependence, technical debt in the IntelliJ Platform, the design of the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), and future AI‑driven features such as EmbArk, ReCap, and Ask Settings.
This guide explains how JetBrains IDE's integrated HTTP client lets developers write .http or .rest scripts to send GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, GraphQL, and WebSocket requests, manage environments and variables, and handle authentication—all without leaving the editor, boosting productivity and simplifying API testing.
This guide walks you through installing the ProxyAI plugin in JetBrains IDEA, configuring default and DeepSeek‑V3 models, obtaining API keys, and using features like chat, FIM code completion, bug detection, and code explanation to boost development efficiency.
This guide walks you through uninstalling previous IntelliJ IDEA versions, installing the JetBrains Junie AI coding assistant on IDEA 2025.1, configuring the plugin, exploring its advanced features, and applying it to real front‑end and back‑end projects, while also covering pricing and usage tips.
JetBrains has updated its AI Assistant to run local large language models for enhanced privacy, added support for Anthropic's Claude 3.5 series and OpenAI's o1, o1‑mini, and o3‑mini models, and highlighted faster, cost‑effective inference for coding and scientific tasks.
The article examines official Chinese developer counts, compares them with global estimates from Evans Data and JetBrains, performs back‑of‑the‑envelope calculations, highlights the large discrepancies, and discusses what these numbers imply for the future of software development in China.
JetBrains' 2024 Developer Ecosystem Report, based on responses from over 23,000 developers, shows JavaScript remains the most used language, while TypeScript, Rust, and Python surge in popularity, with detailed usage percentages, growth trends, and the new Language Outlook Index highlighting future prospects.
The 2024 JetBrains Developer Ecosystem Report reveals that JavaScript remains dominant while TypeScript, Python, and Rust show strong growth, highlights rising AI tool adoption, and underscores the growing focus on developer experience and productivity across the software industry.
JetBrains announced that its WebStorm and Rider IDEs are now completely free for non‑commercial use, outlining the eligible use cases, activation steps, telemetry considerations, and minor feature limitations, thereby lowering the entry barrier for developers worldwide.
This guide explains how to install the JetBrains AI Assistant plugin, outlines its code‑generation and refactoring features, and provides a practical workaround for mainland China users by adjusting account region, configuring system and IDE proxies, and starting AI‑driven conversations.
The article explains how JetBrains' success stems from deep engineering experience in product management, powerful refactoring and static analysis features, thoughtful documentation and onboarding, and a culture that values large‑scale software engineering, contrasting it with challenges faced by domestic developers.
JetBrains revealed that its upcoming 2024.2 release will introduce a brand‑new default UI across all IDEs, featuring a modern light and dark theme, redesigned window bars, tool windows, navigation bar, compact mode, and a classic UI plugin for users who prefer the old look, while also offering a free programmer book promotion.
The article provides a detailed comparison between VS Code and JetBrains IDEs, examining their code inspection, refactoring, debugging, Git integration, extensibility, and collaboration features, and concludes with recommendations based on the author's five‑year development experience.
Oracle warns Java developers that upgrading Apple Silicon macOS Sonoma to version 14.4 can crash JetBrains IDEs by sending a SIGKILL signal, and advises postponing the update until a fix is available, highlighting the impact on multiple JDK versions.
Stack Overflow and Google Cloud have formed a strategic partnership to embed verified Stack Overflow answers into Google Cloud’s Gemini AI, while JetBrains’ survey reveals AI coding assistants dramatically boost developer productivity and satisfaction, highlighting a new era of AI‑enhanced software development.
JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3 release brings full Java 21 support, a new Run‑to‑Cursor debugging option, floating editing toolbars, color‑coded editor tabs, refreshed macOS icons, enhanced Speed Search shortcuts, and integrates Lets‑Plot for no‑code data visualization, though the AI Assistant remains unavailable in mainland China.
This guide shows how to install Alibaba Cloud's AI coding assistant Tongyi Lingma for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs, outlines the step‑by‑step process, and highlights its real‑time code generation, test creation, and documentation features.
This guide shows how to free up hundreds of gigabytes on a Windows PC by locating and deleting large JetBrains IDE directories, customizing IDE configuration and cache paths, and also introduces the popular open‑source SpringBoot‑based e‑commerce project “mall” for further learning.
When IntelliJ IDEA warns of low disk space, this guide shows how to identify the massive JetBrains directories consuming up to 65 GB, clean old versions, relocate configuration, plugins, and caches, and permanently free space on Windows and macOS systems.
The article explains the overall architecture of remote development, why it is needed, how it improves team productivity and resource control, and details JetBrains' remote development solution that lets developers work on powerful cloud servers through a lightweight local client.
The article explains the overall architecture of remote development, why remote development is needed, how cloud‑based environments improve security, consistency, and resource control, and details JetBrains' remote development features that enable instant, reproducible IDE workspaces on remote servers.
JetBrains has rolled out an AI Assistant across its entire IDE suite, offering chat, code analysis, and documentation generation powered by OpenAI, while highlighting its deeper integration compared to GitHub Copilot, current limitations, privacy concerns, and early developer feedback.
JetBrains has introduced an AI‑driven version of its ReSharper extension for Visual Studio, offering a conversational assistant that can troubleshoot, refactor, generate code snippets, and improve documentation, while providing options to enable the feature, protect source code privacy, and preview future expansions to other IDEs.
JetBrains has launched a new AI Assistant feature that is integrated into all its IDEs and .NET tools, offering chat, code understanding, documentation generation, naming suggestions, and automatic commit‑message creation to boost developer productivity.
This guide introduces DataGrip, a JetBrains database client, covering download, installation, theme selection, driver management, connection setup, SQL editing shortcuts, data export/import, table creation, navigation, and various productivity features for efficient database development.
This article provides a detailed tutorial on installing, configuring, and efficiently using JetBrains' DataGrip database client, covering connection setup, UI navigation, SQL editing shortcuts, data import/export, and advanced features for streamlined database management.
This guide explains why IntelliJ IDEA may feel sluggish due to low default VM memory limits, shows how to check current memory usage, and provides three step‑by‑step instructions—including editing custom VM options and clearing caches—to boost performance for Java developers.
The 2022 JetBrains Developer Ecosystem Survey of nearly 29,000 developers uncovers rising interest in Rust, Go, and Kotlin, shifts in language popularity, growing remote‑work practices, and concerns about burnout, offering a comprehensive snapshot of today’s software development landscape.
After five years of using VS Code as my primary IDE, I decided to switch to JetBrains IDEs and this article details the background, code inspection, refactoring, debugging, Git integration, extensibility, and collaboration features that influenced my decision, helping readers choose the right development environment.
This article provides a detailed tutorial on JetBrains DataGrip, covering installation, driver management, connection configuration, SQL editing shortcuts, data import/export, schema visualization, and various productivity features for efficiently working with relational databases.
This guide walks you through installing DataGrip, configuring database connections, customizing the IDE, and leveraging its powerful SQL editing, navigation, and data import/export features, providing a comprehensive overview for developers seeking a streamlined database client experience.
This tutorial walks you through downloading the latest IntelliJ IDEA version, opening the registry, enabling the experimental UI flag, and restarting the IDE to experience JetBrains' brand‑new UI without needing to apply for the preview.
JetBrains announced an indefinite suspension of sales in Russia and Belarus in response to the Ukraine conflict, detailing the CEO's stance, the company's origins, its expanding product portfolio, 2022 usage statistics, and a broader reflection on the need for self‑reliant core technologies.
Discover ten JetBrains IDE extensions that help developers reduce technical debt by improving code refactoring, issue tracking, static analysis, security scanning, and overall code quality across Java, Kotlin, and many other languages.
The article reviews VS Code’s 2021 updates, outlines its 2022 roadmap centered on six key areas—including extensive Spring Boot enhancements—and speculates that these improvements aim to keep VS Code competitive against JetBrains’ upcoming Fleet IDE for Java developers.
The article outlines three software licensing models—company‑wide purchase, individual purchase with reimbursement, and individual purchase without reimbursement—examining their pros, cons, and compliance implications, and advises firms to match each approach to budget, usage context, and ownership considerations.
This article provides a detailed walkthrough of DataGrip, JetBrains' database client, covering installation, connection setup, UI customization, SQL execution, data import/export, and advanced editor features, helping developers efficiently manage and query various databases.
JetBrains Fleet, built on two decades of IDE expertise, offers a lightweight, intelligent, distributed, collaborative, and multi‑language development environment that starts in seconds, runs locally or in the cloud, and integrates essential tools without replacing existing JetBrains products.
JetBrains expands its development ecosystem by separating IDE front‑ends from back‑ends with JetBrains Gateway for remote coding, and launches Fleet—a lightweight, IntelliJ‑based editor that supports smart mode, multiple languages, collaborative sessions, and integrates with Space’s Docker‑based development environments.
This guide walks you through installing DataGrip, configuring drivers, connecting to various databases, using its powerful SQL editor with shortcuts, customizing appearance, performing data export/import, and leveraging advanced navigation and editing features to boost productivity.
This article provides a detailed, step‑by‑step tutorial on installing, configuring, and using JetBrains DataGrip—including connection setup, SQL editing, result navigation, data import/export, and advanced editor shortcuts—demonstrating why the tool is considered a powerful and user‑friendly database client.
This article provides a step‑by‑step walkthrough of installing DataGrip, configuring data sources, using its SQL console, creating tables, exporting and importing data, and leveraging powerful navigation and editor shortcuts to boost database productivity.
This guide explains how to install and use the open‑source “IDE Eval Reset” plugin from plugins.zhile.io to extend the 30‑day trial of any JetBrains IDE on macOS or Windows, including setup steps, manual and auto‑reset options, and supported products.
This article explains how to add a custom banner.txt to a SpringBoot project, lists several online ASCII‑art generators for banner creation, and provides step‑by‑step instructions for installing and configuring the JetBrains agent.jar to activate IntelliJ IDEA licenses.
JetBrains, the maker of IntelliJ IDEA and Kotlin, is under U.S. security scrutiny for a possible link to the SolarWinds supply‑chain breach, with officials questioning a TeamCity vulnerability while the company denies involvement and cites misconfiguration as the likely cause.
JetBrains Qodana brings IDE‑level static analysis into CI/CD pipelines, offering Docker images, GitHub Actions, TeamCity plugins, and cloud services to detect errors, security flaws, and code smells for PHP, Java, and Kotlin projects, with easy setup and web‑based reports.
This guide walks you through installing DataGrip, configuring connections, using its powerful SQL editor, and leveraging advanced features like schema navigation, data import/export, and code assistance to streamline everyday database tasks.
This article provides a detailed walkthrough of JetBrains DataGrip, covering installation, connection setup, UI customization, SQL editing features, data import/export, and numerous productivity shortcuts, helping developers efficiently manage and interact with various relational databases.
The 2020 JetBrains Developer Ecosystem Report, based on over 34,000 global developers, reveals shifting language popularity—Python overtaking Java—high adoption interest in Go, Kotlin and Python, dominant web and backend work, and detailed insights into developers’ work habits, tools, and lifestyle preferences.
This guide shows how to add a custom SpringBoot startup banner via a banner.txt file, lists online ASCII art generators for creating text banners, and provides step‑by‑step instructions to install and activate the JetBrains agent in IntelliJ IDEA for license management.
This guide walks you through the new Chinese localization in IntelliJ IDEA 2020.1, showing the visual changes, explaining why the language pack isn’t enabled by default, and providing step‑by‑step instructions to install and activate the Chinese plugin for a smoother development experience.
JetBrains unveiled its 2020 roadmap for IntelliJ‑based IDEs, detailing new localization efforts, a lightweight editor mode, enhanced Git staging support, AI‑driven code completion, and other advanced features aimed at improving developer productivity and experience.
The 2019 JetBrains Developer Survey, based on responses from over 19,000 developers worldwide, reveals which Java versions, application servers, frameworks, build tools, IDEs, and testing libraries dominate the ecosystem, highlighting the continued popularity of Java 8, Spring Boot, Maven/Gradle, JUnit, and the rise of newer Java releases.
