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On November 5, join our free virtual event dedicated to plugin development for JetBrains products.

Starting with version 2025.2.3, JetBrains IDEs will offer a new look: the Islands theme, available in both dark and light modes.

You have probably seen this picture occasionally and wondered what is happening with your IDE and why it freezes! This is a tricky question, and many types of bugs and performance issues may lead to UI freezes. JetBrains IDEs are built on top of a UI framework (the Java AWT) that uses a single th…

The way developers create plugins implementing the Language Server Protocol (LSP) in JetBrains IDEs is undergoing a significant shift. With PyCharm and IntelliJ IDEA adopting a unified distribution model, we’re removing a key obstacle that has been limiting LSP adoption within the IntelliJ Platform …

The value of extensibility The ability to extend and customize software, from game mods to browser extensions, gives users a sense of freedom and the chance to bring their ideas to life. JetBrains IDEs already provide this sense of freedom through their support for plugins. For some time now, …

Meet TeamCity recipes: customizable build steps that can be reused, versioned, and published on the JetBrains Marketplace. Read on to learn more.

Our goal is to make remote development with JetBrains IDEs feel just as reliable and consistent as working locally does. Recently, we’ve made progress towards this goal in core areas like the editor, tool windows, plugin behavior, and settings synchronization.  Editor All the changes …

Starting from 2025.2, the default terminal implementation is now the reworked terminal. To create this new implementation, the classic terminal was rewritten almost from scratch to provide the technical foundation for new terminal features like visual separation of executed commands, AI integration,…

Catch up on JetBrains Marketplace news from Q2 2025: speaker call, trader verification, tooling releases, and new resources for plugin developers.

Visual context is always changing – and so should the look and feel of the tools you use every day. We know how much a familiar UI matters, and we’ve heard your feedback from past updates. That’s why we’re taking an iterative, careful approach this time: small, focused improvements, shared early, wi…