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Sep 14, 2026 · Backend Development

Lithe-IDEA: Lightweight Open-Source IDEA Alternative for Java & Spring Boot

Lithe-IDEA is a lightweight open-source IDE alternative to IntelliJ IDEA for Java and Spring Boot developers, featuring on-demand service startup, ~300-400 MB base memory usage, familiar IDEA-like shortcuts, Spring Boot run/debug, Git diff review, AI commit messages, and built-in database tools, built with SwiftUI/AppKit on macOS and React/Tauri on Windows sharing a Rust core.