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IntelliJ IDEA

JetBrains IDE for Java, Kotlin and other JVM languages

IntelliJ IDEA is the JetBrains development environment for Java, Kotlin, Groovy and Scala, with deep code analysis, refactoring, a debugger and Maven and Gradle support. Since 2025 it ships as a single download: the core IDE is free, including for commercial work, and a subscription unlocks advanced Ultimate features for enterprise frameworks and web development. JetBrains AI tools are built in.

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Oct 12, 2026

Features

Our take

Pros

  • Deep code analysis and safe refactoring for Java and Kotlin
  • The core IDE is free, including for commercial work
  • Excellent Maven, Gradle and debugger integration

Cons

  • Resource-hungry, with slow indexing on large projects
  • Enterprise framework and web features require a subscription

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