{"id":598107,"date":"2025-09-17T10:01:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/?post_type=dotnet&#038;p=598107"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:01:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:01:52","slug":"the-early-access-program-for-rider-2025-3","status":"publish","type":"dotnet","link":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/en\/dotnet\/2025\/09\/17\/the-early-access-program-for-rider-2025-3","title":{"rendered":"The Early Access Program for Rider 2025.3 Is Now Open!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019re excited to kick off the Early Access Program (EAP) for Rider 2025.3!<br><br>With the first preview build now available, you can try out the new features we\u2019ve been working on and let us know what you think. Your feedback plays a vital role in shaping the final release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven\u2019t joined an EAP before, check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/dotnet\/2024\/01\/19\/rider-2024-1-eap1\/#what-is-an-early-access-program\">blog post<\/a> to see how it works and what you can expect. These builds are free to use, and you can get the latest EAP build in several ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Download it from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetbrains.com\/rider\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our website<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetbrains.com\/toolbox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toolbox App<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Install the <a href=\"https:\/\/snapcraft.io\/rider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snap package<\/a> from the Snapcraft store if you\u2019re using a compatible Linux distribution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n    <div class=\"buttons\">\n        <div class=\"buttons__row\">\n                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetbrains.com\/rider\/nextversion\/\" class=\"btn\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Download Rider 2025.3 EAP 1<\/a>\n                                                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/74-2975779.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rider 2025.3 EAP 1 release highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This first build brings a variety of updates for Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot, and more. Let\u2019s take a closer look at the highlights of Rider 2025.3 EAP 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve added an <em>IL Viewer<\/em> for Unity projects (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtrack.jetbrains.com\/issue\/RIDER-86108\/ILViewer-for-Unity-projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RIDER-86108<\/a>). Previously, checking the IL code for Unity assemblies required manual steps and workarounds. Now Rider automatically finds the correct assemblies, so you can open the <em>IL Viewer<\/em> and inspect your Unity code right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unreal Engine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rider now lets you customize which folders and files are included in the .uproject project model (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtrack.jetbrains.com\/issue\/RIDER-119424\/Support-customization-of-what-folders-files-are-added-to-the-.uproject-project-model\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RIDER-119424<\/a>). This means that you can add extra projects, like a .csproj with your own file list, and Rider will load them automatically. This is especially useful if you work with additional scripting frameworks such as NoesisGUI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Godot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve made several important updates to improve the Rider experience for Godot developers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>GDExtension support: <\/strong>You can now work on GDExtensions in Rider using the new <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/godotengine\/godot-cpp-template\/pull\/95\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project template<\/a>.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Typed dictionaries support<\/strong>: No more parsing errors when working with typed dictionaries in GDScript in Rider.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Leading whitespace style inspection<\/strong>: A new inspection detects inconsistent indentation (tabs vs. spaces) in GDScript files and provides a quick-fix to bring them in line with your configured code style.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chickensoft GoDotTest support<\/strong>: You can now run and debug C# tests directly in Rider with the Chickensoft GoDotTest runner (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtrack.jetbrains.com\/issue\/RIDER-113850\/Support-Chickensoft-GoDotTest-C-test-runner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RIDER-113850<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Automatic builds on focus change<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve introduced a new option that triggers a build whenever Rider loses focus (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtrack.jetbrains.com\/issue\/RIDER-127586\/Build-in-Rider-when-focus-moves-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RIDER-127586<\/a>). This makes working with Godot smoother, as it allows the <em>Inspector<\/em> to immediately reload and display updated exports without requiring manual builds. You can enable this option in <em>Settings | Languages &amp; Frameworks | Godot Engine<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">.slnx solution templates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Rider now lets you create .slnx solution files directly from its templates. Previously, the only way to create a .slnx solution file was to save a .sln file and rename it; that workaround is no longer needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>For the complete list of updates in this build, head over to our <a href=\"https:\/\/youtrack.jetbrains.com\/issues?q=Project:%20RIDER%20Available%20in:%20%7B2025.3%20EAP%201*%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issue tracker<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download Rider 2025.3 EAP 1 today and take the new features for a spin. Your feedback drives Rider forward, and we can\u2019t wait to hear what you think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for being part of our Early Access Program!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetbrains.com\/rider\/nextversion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download Rider 2025.3 EAP 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1500,"featured_media":598402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[89,907,4140],"tags":[600,6463,76,477,1978,1941,2095],"cross-post-tag":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dotnet\/598107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dotnet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dotnet"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1500"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598107"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dotnet\/598107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599476,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dotnet\/598107\/revisions\/599476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598107"},{"taxonomy":"cross-post-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.jetbrains.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cross-post-tag?post=598107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}