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97 mentions on Hacker News by 64 people: 3 stories, 94 comments · first 2013-09-24 · latest 2026-11-01

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  1. …memory and quit time (!) are compared, but does it makes any sense without feature parity? [0]: https://github.com/jetbrains/intellij-community [1]: https://github.com/l0ng-ai/openidea#benchmark
    comment by atrokhymchuk · 2026-11-01 · in OpenIDEA: The IDE you know, rebuilt in Rust
  2. it already is (the platform, and all of core Java and Kotlin support) https://github.com/jetbrains/intellij-community
    comment by bartekpacia · 2026-10-06 · in JetBrains reports revenue growth, net financial loss for 2025
  3. Fun fact: IntelliJ itself switches to Ghostty VT (with Swing rendering) https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/55910d2... As the relevant issue states, it's exactly because it should perform better for TUI agents.…
    comment by CommanderTvis · 2026-09-30 · in JetBrains Air: A System of Products for Agentic Software Development
  4. …perfect, but it's getting better. Also it's not closed source. The core of the IDE is open source ( https://github.com/jetbrains/intellij-community ) and for some specific framework support (e.g. Spring) are available on Ultimate.
    comment by sajithdilshan · 2026-07-23 · in Escape IntelliJ: Scala and Kotlin LSPs on Emacs Eglot
  5. > and forces you into a closed proprietary ecosystem https://github.com/jetbrains/intellij-community ?
    comment by TiredOfLife · 2026-07-23 · in Escape IntelliJ: Scala and Kotlin LSPs on Emacs Eglot
  6. Closed source? IntelliJ: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community PyCharm: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/tree/master/... Android Studio: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/tools/adt/idea/+/r... Yes, they…
    comment by coder543 · 2026-05-21 · in Google's Antigravity bait and switch
  7. https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community Here's the product, open source. There's proprietary stuff on top for Ultimate, but community is right there.
    comment by Moomoomoo309 · 2025-10-02 · in Moving PHP open source forward
  8. Do you really think so? Have you ever explored the source of something like: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community
    comment by ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 · 2025-08-29 · in Claude Sonnet will ship in Xcode
  9. I know, both proprietary and enterprise , right? https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/idea/20... (I would also link to the Apache 2 copy of PyCharm but it wouldn't matter to folks who just enjoy shitting on professional…
    comment by mdaniel · 2025-08-22 · in Go is still not good
  10. Their Apache 2 releases are ferociously strong, too: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community#readme (PyCharm is built from the python directory, as is the Python plugin if you prefer it)
    comment by mdaniel · 2025-08-12 · in Jetbrains: Increased Subscription Pricing for IDEs
  11. …but it IS available as a standalone library, IntelliJ's FernFlower decompiler is the gold standard https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/master/... https://www.jetbrains.com/intellij-repository/releases I guess there's some…
    comment by jbellis · 2025-06-03 · in Show HN: I wrote a Java decompiler in pure C language
  12. …so there's a very small chance with enough determination you could get it to run outside the IDE https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/tree/idea/25... The follow-on [rhetorical] question is what value it provides to you outside…
    comment by mdaniel · 2025-05-08 · in CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use
  13. …curious about "for a while" and it is apparently 16 years (2009 commit with message "license.txt" https://github.com/Jetbrains/intellij-community/tree/4d9912f... ) and the PyCharm Apache 2 release seems to be a lot harder to actually track…
    comment by mdaniel · 2025-05-08 · in CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use
  14. There are strings in Python already that reference classes: type annotations. PyCharm knows how to populate, warn, and navigate to the "interior" types there I can't think of any reason why it couldn't be taught to behave similarly for a…
    comment by mdaniel · 2025-03-29 · in Plain – a web framework for building products with Python
  15. A lot of what you're talking about is open source. Here's the extract method refactoring (Version 2): https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/tree/44a42be... As you can see it's not that easy. At the core of an IDE is a database…
    comment by mike_hearn · 2025-02-12 · in JetBrains Fleet drops support for Kotlin Multiplatform
  16. …are closed source and can't simply be forked by someone who requires additional capabilities https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community is Apache 2.0 Only some of the language plugins are proprietary.
    comment by kuschku · 2025-02-11 · in JetBrains Fleet drops support for Kotlin Multiplatform
  17. …directory ships with IJ and is not something one needs to download from the JetBrains marketplace: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/tree/idea/25... I obviously can't link to the GitHub repo for IJ Ultimate but the DataGrip…
    comment by mdaniel · 2025-02-10 · in VSCode’s SSH agent is bananas
  18. …several attempts at Universal ASTs, including (unsurprisingly) a JVM-centric one from JetBrains https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/idea/24...
    comment by mdaniel · 2024-11-03 · in Weird Lexical Syntax
  19. …IDE that supports Kotlin. That is so stunningly false that I am pretty sure I'm feeding the trolls: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/idea/24... (Apache 2)
    comment by mdaniel · 2024-10-29 · in We're forking Flutter
  20. …of that specific ecosystem 1: https://github.com/rspec/rspec.tmbundle/blob/1.1.12/Syntaxes... 2: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/idea/24... 3: https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/blob/v7.30.0/lib... 4:…
    comment by mdaniel · 2024-08-20 · in Pragtical: Practical and pragmatic code editor
  21. Also, no BuSL stupidity, they're all Apache 2 AFAIK: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/idea/23... And the "all you can eat" toolbox license is just a staggeringly good deal, IMHO, which also comes with a "you can keep…
    comment by mdaniel · 2024-03-16 · in Software Company HashiCorp Is Weighing a Potential Sale
  22. …mismatch, but I'll point out that https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-plugins/tree/idea/241.... https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/tree/idea/24... https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/tree/idea/24...…
    comment by mdaniel · 2024-02-23 · in The Fossil Sync Protocol
  23. Despite their shitty rug-pull < https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/pull/53345 >, I do really like Sourcegraph and one doesn't (currently?!) need to be logged in to use it: https://sourcegraph.com/search and they have a handy…
    comment by mdaniel · 2024-02-10 · in Tell HN: GitHub is blocking search unless you are logged in
  24. …very few (instead building on this system: https://github.com/JetBrains/Grammar-Kit#readme ) - https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/idea/23... (the parser I'll concede, as they do seem to be hand-rolling that part) -…
    comment by mdaniel · 2023-12-09 · in You are never taught how to build quality software
  25. …very few (instead building on this system: https://github.com/JetBrains/Grammar-Kit#readme ) - https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/idea/23... (the parser I'll concede, as they do seem to be hand-rolling that part) -…
    comment by mdaniel · 2023-11-08 · in Writing a Compiler is Surprisingly Easy (part 1)
  26. …love is Jetbrains, their core product is OSS, Apache licensed. The whole thing, totally usable. https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community The money I send their way does both, it pays for developers and it puts an amazing artifact in…
    comment by nerpderp82 · 2023-10-19 · in Just paying Figma because nothing else works
  27. …Test: type: object properties: query: description: the test query to run type: string # https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/idea/233.9802.14/json/src/jsonSchema/schema.json#L52 x-intellij-language-injection: SQL results:…
    comment by mdaniel · 2023-10-15 · in Show HN: Pg_yregress, Structured Testing for Postgres
  28. and also FOSS (Apache 2): https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community (as well as PyCharm found in the "python" subdirectory)
    comment by mdaniel · 2023-09-16 · in Java 21 makes me like Java again
  29. …accusation was a bit premature. For the record I dislike both vendors' products equally as much :) https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/60f8208...
    comment by krono · 2023-08-01 · in Predictive Debugging: A Game-Changing Look into the Future
  30. Interesting that you didn't even mention their opensource community edition: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community wich powers plenty of other open source IDEs, yet you push vscodium Nice FUD ;)
    comment by WhereIsTheTruth · 2023-08-01 · in Predictive Debugging: A Game-Changing Look into the Future
  31. Since JetBrains' base IDE is open source, you are not too far away from pure FLOSS. https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community
    comment by foepys · 2023-04-04 · in Show HN: Hocus – self-hosted alternative to GitHub Codespaces using Firecracker
  32. …may want to draw inspiration from the latest incarnation of JetBrains build bootstrapping script: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/idea/22...
    comment by mdaniel · 2023-03-12 · in Ask HN: Small scripts, hacks and automations you're proud of?
  33. …app asks me to gather up version and platform info that it already knows This is the gory details: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/idea/22...
    comment by mdaniel · 2023-01-15 · in SLT – A Common Lisp Language Plugin for Jetbrains IDE Lineup
  34. > the only free Jetbrains product Patently false: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community
    comment by jen20 · 2022-11-19 · in Ask HN: Is there editors and IDE crisis?
  35. Yes, both are Apache 2 licensed: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community#readme (pycharm is in the "python" subdirectory). It used to be painless to build them both, but the recently doubled down on jps and now it's hit-or-miss and…
    comment by mdaniel · 2022-10-12 · in JetBrains invites developers to join the Fleet Public Preview Program
  36. …open, right? IntelliJ and PyCharm Community are both Apache 2 licensed and are absolutely stellar < https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community > (I mean that they're not crippleware, they're outstanding products that just happen to…
    comment by mdaniel · 2022-09-03 · in Jetbrains Space
  37. IntelliJ is Apache Licensed, https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community That seems like a pretty spiteful thing to do for a (F|f)ree Software.
    comment by sitkack · 2022-07-12 · in BMW heated seats subscription costs $18 per month in South Korea
  38. https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/graphs/commi...
    comment by yole · 2022-06-29 · in Increased Subscription Pricing for IDEs, .NET Tools, and the All Products Pack
  39. The base edition of IntelliJ (and also the base edition of PyCharm) is open source: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community
    comment by Starlevel001 · 2022-06-16 · in Despite best efforts .NET is still not an open platform
  40. …when writing extensions. IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition is open source under Apache License 2.0: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community
    comment by q-big · 2022-06-12 · in I’m switching from VS Code to VS Codium
  41. …fall flat IMHO. Providing an excellent product with constant updates is not "rent-seeking". [0] https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community
    comment by joshstrange · 2022-06-12 · in I’m switching from VS Code to VS Codium
  42. …not licensed under an open source license? The only license mentioned at the root is Apache 2. [0] https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community
    comment by badsectoracula · 2022-04-06 · in What’s new in Emacs 28.1?
  43. …is open source/FOSS/FLOSS/Free Software, etc, here is the code[0], license is Apache 2.0. [0] https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community
    comment by badsectoracula · 2022-03-17 · in TUIs
  44. …form of agenda with “political reasons” mentioned. Why not stop being coy and spell it out? [1]: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community
    comment by jen20 · 2022-03-11 · in JetBrains suspends R&D activities in Russia and sales in Russia and Belarus
  45. …be happy to file an issue, but I don't understand the details much from reading the article. [1] https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/search?q=DES... [2] https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues?q=DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID%2...
    comment by l0b0 · 2022-01-31 · in Seamless nix integration for Intellij IDEA
  46. …Edition is open source[2]. [1] https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2021/11/05/vscode-... [2] https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/tree/master/...
    comment by ptx · 2021-12-25 · in Running IntelliJ Idea with JDK 17 for Better Render Performance with Metal
  47. IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition is actually open source: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community
    comment by ptx · 2021-12-25 · in Running IntelliJ Idea with JDK 17 for Better Render Performance with Metal
  48. They changed the default garbage collector to G1 last year.[1] [1] https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/commit/edf1c...
    comment by finalfantasia · 2021-11-24 · in GC progress from JDK 8 to JDK 17
  49. …longstanding issues with type checking aliased and union types. My fix coming in 2021.3.1 [0] [0] https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/pull/1655
    comment by JackMcMack · 2021-11-23 · in Static Duck Typing in Python with Protocols
  50. …not open source, not "actually" free, and does not come with all the bells and whistles one needs: https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/blob/idea/21... I am trying really hard to ween myself off of weighing into this discussion…
    comment by mdaniel · 2021-11-08 · in Stop Making Students Use Eclipse (2020)