Toolbox App 3.8: Improves IDE Update Handling on macOS and Fixes Keyboard Navigation
Version 3.8 of the Toolbox App restores keyboard navigation in project and tool lists. On macOS, manual IDE updates stay available even when the system reports the installation directory as protected. IDE updates remain available on macOS macOS was sometimes incorrectly reporting an IDE installation directory as non-writable, causing the Toolbox App to needlessly disable […]
Java 27 in IntelliJ IDEA
Java News Java 27 in IntelliJ IDEA In line with the six-month release cadence, Java 27 was released on September 15, 2026. In this blog post, we will look at what’s included in this release, how IntelliJ IDEA continues to support the latest Java versions, and even how IntelliJ IDEA is benefiting from some of […]
IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2.3 Is Out!
We’ve just released IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2.3. You can update to this version from inside the IDE, using the Toolbox App, or using snaps if you are a Ubuntu user. You can also download it from our website. The latest update brings the following improvements: For a comprehensive overview of the fixes, see the release notes. […]
Join Us at the Zephyr Project Meetup in Amsterdam
Events News Register for the Meetup On September 15, the Zephyr community is coming together for an in-person meetup at the JetBrains office in Amsterdam. The Zephyr Project is an open-source collaboration project hosted by the Linux Foundation. Its community brings together developers, users, silicon vendors, device manufacturers, and software companies to build a small, […]
Join our live webinars: Migrating from Atlassian to YouTrack
Best Practices Events Livestreams Tutorials Join our live webinars: Migrating from Atlassian to YouTrack Atlassian is discontinuing sales and support for Data Center products. If you’re exploring alternatives, join us for a live session on September 30 to see how Jira-to-YouTrack migration works, including a demo and real customer stories. Register for the worldwide English-language […]
Get Gemini 3.8 Flash With 75% Off
Google’s newest coding model, Gemini 3.8 Flash, is tuned for long jobs and comes with an incredible launch discount. Google shipped three Flash releases in six weeks, and the newest one is built for exactly the kind of work Junie does all day: multi-step engineering tasks that take real exploration to get right. Gemini 3.8 […]
Why Rider and ReSharper Were Slow to Start, and How Microsoft Helped Fix the Problem
.NET Tools ReSharper Platform Rider When we launched ReSharper’s out-of-process (OOP) architecture, users reported slower startup times for IDEs using ReSharper on Windows. After profiling, the cause surprised us: Microsoft Defender was scanning our process for longer than we expected. This post is about what we found, what we learned working with Microsoft, and a […]
The Rider 2026.3 Early Access Program Is Open
The first Early Access build for Rider 2026.3 is now available! It includes rainbow brackets, an easier way to set data breakpoints, a new Game Development plugin category, and filters in code completion. You can get the build from our website or through the Toolbox App. Here’s a look at what’s new. Rainbow brackets: You […]
Java Annotated Monthly – September 2026
This month’s Java Annotated Monthly brings you the latest Java news, a generous dose of AI-focused articles, Kotlin updates, and highlights from a variety of technologies and frameworks, plus plenty more worth adding to your reading list. Our featured writer, Aicha Laafia, takes a closer look at upcoming JEPs and shares her key findings on […]
Kotlin 2.4.20 Released
Releases Kotlin 2.4.20 Released The Kotlin 2.4.20 release is out! Here are the main highlights: Standard library: Support for coroutine stack trace recovery, new functions for checking equality and uniqueness of collection elements, and new overloads for kotlin.test assertion functions. Kotlin/Native: New Swift export features, improved incremental compilation, and automatically generated Package.swift files for SwiftPM […]