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We want local coding agents to be smart and fast, with the ability to understand a codebase, do useful work, and finish tasks without long waits. This Junie Local update makes it practical to use a more capable model on your own machine. In the first release, we had to choose between two versions of…

Ktor 3.6.0 is here! This release brings typed authentication, OpenID Connect, HTTP/3 for Netty, and simpler Kotlin Multiplatform clients.

Part 1: Parsing, chunking, and vectorization  Some time ago, we set out to build the best semantic code search platform we could: a RAG pipeline that gives LLM agents precise, citable evidence from real repositories instead of whatever grep happens to surface. The eventual solution was JetBrains Con…

We've released updates for multiple major MPS versions that fix several issues. DOWNLOAD MPS 2026.1.1 Check out all the updates in each particular version below: MPS 2026.1.1 The Projectional Agent Toolkit receives several practical improvements that allow agents to: See and invoke intentions a…

Modern development tools, especially IntelliJ IDEA, have such comprehensive debugging support that for virtually any niche use case, there is a specialized tool for the job. This can make it hard to know where to begin. If you are new to debugging tools and want the biggest return on your learning i…

We’ve released version 2026.2.2 of ReSharper, Rider, and .NET tools. You can install this update from inside the tools themselves, through the Toolbox App, or on our website. Here’s what’s new in this update. Rider 2026.2.2 AI Agent Setup widget We’ve recently added a wide range of featu…

We’ve all been there: you join a new project, and the first thing you ask for is the architecture diagram. You're handed a diagram that looks great, but after a week of debugging, you realize it’s six months out of date. Service A hasn't talked to Service B since the spring, and there’s a new messag…

We’ve just released IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2.3. You can update to this version from inside the IDE, using the Toolbox App, or using snaps if you are a Ubuntu user. You can also download it from our website. The latest update brings the following improvements: When opening a recent project, the Ma…

Java 27 is here! Explore what’s new, how IntelliJ IDEA supports the latest Java features, and how the IDE itself benefits from JDK updates. Take a tour of the release :point_down:

Version 3.8 of the Toolbox App restores keyboard navigation in project and tool lists. On macOS, manual IDE updates stay available even when the system reports the installation directory as protected. IDE updates remain available on macOS macOS was sometimes incorrectly reporting an IDE instal…

Register for the Meetup On September 15, the Zephyr community is coming together for an in-person meetup at the JetBrains office in Amsterdam. The Zephyr Project is an open-source collaboration project hosted by the Linux Foundation. Its community brings together developers, users, silicon ven…