The Unified IntelliJ Idea: More Free Features, Better Experience, Smoother Flow
2 days ago
- #Kotlin Development
- #IntelliJ IDEA
- #Java Development
- IntelliJ IDEA is now a unified product, replacing the separate Community and Ultimate editions.
- All Community Edition features remain free for both non-commercial and commercial use.
- More free features have been added, including syntax highlighting for Spring, Jakarta EE, and templating engines.
- Ultimate subscription offers extended tooling with a free 30-day trial.
- Existing Ultimate users transition to Ultimate subscription automatically; Community Edition users can update to the unified version.
- New users can download a single product and try Ultimate features for free.
- Educational use remains free with Ultimate subscription for educators and students.
- Open-source version can be built from GitHub, supporting all plugins from JetBrains Marketplace.
- Unified distribution improves quality, performance, and user experience.