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Fleet, a Lightweight IDE from JetBrains

Update (Dec 3, 2021): We’ve received an overwhelming number of requests for the Fleet Early Preview program. Unfortunately we can't accept any new requests, but we will continue sending invites to tho

CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use

In Memory of Stiver

On October 20, the original author of the Fernflower Java decompiler, Stiver, passed away after a long fight against glioblastoma. Stiver was a German programmer of Russian origin, primarily devel

Python 3.7: Introducing Data Classes

Python 3.7 is set to be released this summer, let’s have a sneak peek at some of the new features! If you’d like to play along at home with PyCharm, make sure you get PyCharm 2018.1 (or later if you’r

Project Rider – A C# IDE

UPDATE: NDC London organizers have kindly uploaded the recording of Project Rider presentation. Enjoy! UPDATE 2: Make sure to follow Project Rider on twitter to receive further updates promptly.

Kotlin 1.0 Released: Pragmatic Language for JVM and Android

This is it. 1.0 is here! It's been a long and exciting road but we've finally reached the first big 1.0, and we're celebrating the release by also presenting you with the new logo: See the discuss

JetBrains invites developers to join the Fleet Public Preview Program

Since the initial announcement of Fleet, we have had an overwhelming amount of interest from all of you, with over 137,000 people signing up for the private preview. Our reason for starting with a clo

RustRover – A standalone Rust IDE

“When will there be a Rust IDE?” Update: RustRover is now generally available, with free non-commercial use and commercial licensing options. Learn more about the RustRover release. We get this

JetBrains Web UI components open-sourced

Please welcome Ring UI, an open-source library full of Web UI components!Ring UI library gives you the power of complex UI controls that have been developed at JetBrains over the years. It con

A Picture of Java in 2020

This year Java hit an incredible milestone and reached the grand old age of 25 years. We celebrated its jubilee by running a special online Java day event, where lots of expert speakers shared their e

IntelliJ IDEA 13 is Released

Today we are thrilled to announce that IntelliJ IDEA 13, the next version of our award-winning Java IDE, is finally available for download.This year the IntelliJ IDEA team worked on building str

Kotlin 1.4

Today we’re releasing Kotlin 1.4.0! Over the past years, we’ve been working hard on making Kotlin a programming language that is fun, enjoyable, and productive to work with. To continue our pursuit of this goal with this version of Kotlin, we put a lot of energy and effort into improving the performance and quality of…

IntelliJ Idea 2020.3.1 Is Out with Apple Silicon Support

We are back with our first bug-fix release for IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3! The improved v2020.3.1 polishes the recently released features and supports Apple Silicon! That’s right, Apple fans, you can now wo

Final update on the JetBrains Toolbox announcement

Hello, tl;dr We are moving forward with subscriptions with important adjustments. You will receive a perpetual fallback license once you pay for a year up front or 12 consecutive months. You wi

Kotlin 1.0.5 is here

We're happy to announce that we've just released Kotlin 1.0.5, which continues the series of bugfix and tooling updates for Kotlin 1.0. We'd like to thank our external contributors whose pull request

IntelliJ IDEA and the whole IntelliJ platform migrates to Java 8

If you've already tried IntelliJ IDEA 16 EAP announced last week, you'll be glad to know that we've just released a new build.With this build IntelliJ IDEA and the whole IntelliJ platform migrates

An Update on SolarWinds

We’d like to provide a further update to our customers in regards to the SolarWinds breach. At this point we reiterate the message we posted yesterday – we have not played any role in this breach, nor are we aware of any vulnerabilities in TeamCity that may have led to this breach, as we are also not aware of any…

RubyMine is now free for non-commercial use

RubyMine, a JetBrains IDE for Ruby and Rails, is now free for non-commercial use! Learn more in the blog post.

Predictive Debugging: A Game-Changing Look into the Future

With the introduction of debugging tools, software developers were empowered to interactively investigate the control flow of software programs to find bugs in live environments. At JetBrains, we've a

The Kotlin Language: 1.0 Beta Is Here

We are extremely pleased to present Kotlin 1.0 Beta for JVM and Android! To recap: Kotlin is a modern programming language that JetBrains has been working on for quite some time now. This post gives

Why IntelliJ IDEA is hailed as the most friendly Java IDE (many screenshots)

Every time I visit a Java conference or a meetup and talk to people unfamiliar with IntelliJ IDEA, I get similar questions again and again: “What’s so special about IntelliJ IDEA? What does IntelliJ I

JetBrains IDEs Go AI: Coding Agent, Smarter Assistance, Free Tier

All JetBrains AI tools – including our improved AI Assistant and new coding agent Junie – are now available within our IDEs under a single subscription and come with a free tier.

Python 3.5 type hinting in PyCharm 5

Python 3.5 introduces type hinting to help code-writing during development. Let’s take a look at this feature and show it in action.MotivationSome folks, but not all, like help from their tools

Nitra, JetBrains’ research project for language tooling, goes open-source

We’ve been rather quiet about Nitra since our introductory blog post, back in November of last year. But we haven’t been sitting still. We’ve been busy building the foundations to a project that we wa

Kotlin 1.1 Released with JavaScript Support, Coroutines and more

Members of our community have translated this blog post into several languages: Today we're releasing Kotlin 1.1. It is a big step forward that enables the use of Kotlin in many new scenarios, and

JetBrains C++ IDE: Status update and Video report

Update: Cross-platform C/C++ IDE goes public as CLion!We know many of you are waiting for a cross-platform C++ IDE we announced some time ago, as we've received quite a few applications for a priv

JetBrains Noria

This is a multipart series on building Fleet, a next-generation IDE by JetBrains. Part I – Architecture OverviewPart II – Breaking Down the EditorPart III – State ManagementPart IV – Distributed Tr

JetBrains Fleet drops support for Kotlin Multiplatform

A couple of years ago, we initiated the idea of creating a Kotlin Multiplatform IDE to help facilitate the development of KMP applications. We embarked on this venture, building on the Fleet platform,

AI Graphics at JetBrains

Generating art at JetBrains At JetBrains, we are constantly refining our approach to creating pieces of art for use as website elements and release graphics. Our mission is to free graphic designers f

Kotlin/Native Tech Preview: Kotlin without a VM

We are happy to announce the first Technology Preview of Kotlin/Native that compiles Kotlin directly to machine code. The Kotlin/Native compiler produces standalone executables that can run without an