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Option to Cancel Continuity Discounts for Paid Plugins
Paid plugin authors now have the option to cancel continuity discounts. Learn more in this blog post.
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The JetBrains Platform Gets a New Community Space
Join our new community space for plugin developers! Connect, share knowledge, and chat with fellow devs.
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Busy Plugin Developers Newsletter – Q4 2024
Read this blog post to discover what has come to JetBrains Marketplace in Q4 2024.
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JITWatch4i: Analyzing IntelliJ IDEA's Startup
Introduction A typical Java or Kotlin programmer spends most of their productive time either creating application code in an editor or searching for bugs in a debugger. Occasionally, they might dive into a profiler when looking for places where the application spends too much time. However, they almost never venture into the Java C1 or C2 compilers and their resulting products – low-level assembly code. For the most part, the Java compilers are black boxes that typically remain closed under normal circumstances. Some time ago, I tried to analyze the startup of larger projects, such as I
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Introducing Perpetual Licenses on JetBrains Marketplace
JetBrains Marketplace introduces perpetual licensing for plugins. Learn how to implement this new model for your plugin in this blog post.
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Recordings from JetBrains Plugin Developer Conf 2024 Are Now Live
Couldn’t make it to JetBrains Plugin Developer Conf 2024? No worries! We recorded the entire event so you can catch up on all the sessions at your own pace. Find more details here.
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Busy Plugin Developers Newsletter – Q3 2024
Read this blog post to discover what has come to JetBrains Marketplace in Q3 2024.
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Join Us for JetBrains Plugin Developer Conf 2024
Join us on November 7 for the first-ever virtual event dedicated to plugin development for JetBrains products!
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Live Stream: How to Migrate Your Kotlin Plugin to K2 Mode
Join our live stream on Tuesday, October 1st, at 17:00 CEST / 15:00 UTC to learn how to migrate your Kotlin plugin to K2 mode and ensure compatibility with future Kotlin features.
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Migrating Your IntelliJ IDEA Kotlin Plugin to K2 Mode
If your code depends on the Kotlin plugin, this news is for you! Starting from IntelliJ 2024.2.1, you must migrate to the Kotlin K2 mode. Otherwise, your plugin will not load when K2 mode is enabled. Learn more about how to migrate here.
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Workspace Model
The Workspace Model, which serves as the internal storage for project models, has exited its experimental phase. Plugin developers can now safely access and modify the workspace model, benefiting from a centralized API, bulk updates, coroutines, and a persistent data structure.
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More New UI Icons for Your Plugins!
We’ve made a major update to our IntelliJ Platform Icons website, adding over 1,000 new icons tailored to the new UI! This makes it easier than ever for plugin developers to find the perfect icons for their projects. If you’ve been struggling to find icons that fit the new UI, your search is over! Most icons are explicitly licensed under Apache 2.0 with the license included in the SVG file itself, so you can confidently use them in your plugins. We also have a Figma library with icons for the new UI to help you design your own custom icons, as well as our UI Kit that lets you protot
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IntelliJ Platform Gradle Plugin 2.0 Is Out!
Version 2.0 of the IntelliJ Platform Gradle Plugin is now available! Previously called the Gradle IntelliJ Plugin, this updated plugin for the Gradle build system simplifies the configuration of environments for building, testing, verifying, and publishing plugins for IntelliJ-based IDEs. Redesigned and rewritten, it addresses community-reported issues and feature requests from previous versions. The path to 2.0 The project to create this plugin began in 2015 with the goal of simplifying the development and testing of plugins for JetBrains IDEs. Initially, it was developed in Groovy, wh
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Busy Plugin Developers Newsletter – Q2 2024
Read this blog post to discover what has come to JetBrains Marketplace in Q2 2024.
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Wayland Support Preview In 2024.2
We are delighted to announce that, starting with the 2024.2 Early Access Program (EAP), IntelliJ-based IDEs will offer preliminary support for the Wayland display server protocol on Linux, including Windows Subsystem for Linux a.k.a. WSLg. How To Opt In On Linux, IntelliJ-based IDEs were using exclusively the X11 protocol and an X server to show their user interface (UI), even if you were running a Wayland-based desktop. All Wayland servers include an X server implementation (XWayland) for backward compatibility with applications that aren’t ready to work with Wayland directly. Start
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Flexible Trial Periods Now Available for Plugins on JetBrains Marketplace
Paid plugin authors can now customize their trial periods or simply disable them. Learn more about this feature in our blog post.
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Plugin Spotlight on JetBrains Marketplace
JetBrains Marketplace is a thriving ecosystem where developers can discover plugins that enhance their coding experience and implement and share their plugins with others. While many users find plugins through targeted searches, some may not be aware of tools and integrations that extend beyond programming to general productivity. To draw attention to this trove of valuable tools developed by the community of plugin developers, we spotlight selected plugins through our Staff Picks initiative. Discover Top Plugin Picks Recently, we introduced an application process for plugin authors, pr
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Busy Plugin Developers Newsletter – Q1 2024
⭐️ Marketplace updates Revamped Downloads Trend chart We've updated the Downloads Trend chart to assist plugin authors in tracking their plugin's downloads more granularly. With this new feature, you can filter downloads by product to check the plugin’s popularity for each IDE. New Content Moderation Policy In response to the recent implementation of the Digital Services Act (DSA), JetBrains Marketplace has implemented a new policy addressing the reporting of inappropriate content and has updated its user and developer agreements accordingly. The new Content Moderation Policy
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JetBrains Marketplace Updates in Light of the Digital Services Act (DSA)
In response to the Digital Services Act (DSA), we've introduced a new policy for reporting inappropriate content and updated our agreements. Learn more about these changes and how they affect users and vendors on our platform.
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Plugin Developers Day 2024: Your Opportunity to Be Featured in Staff Picks
The end of January marks a significant celebration for us – Plugin Developers Day!Inspired by WordPress declaring January 28 as Thank a Plugin Developer Day, we initiated our own celebration to express gratitude to all those who develop plugins for JetBrains products. Thank you for enhancing the functionality of JetBrains tools and making developers’ lives easier! We have an ongoing commitment to supporting and rewarding the efforts of plugin developers. For our first Plugin Developers Day two years ago, JetBrains Marketplace waived the paid plugin commission fee for a week, directing