JetBrains
IDE / Editor · Deep language-aware tooling with refactoring and static analysis
At a glance
| Pricing | Freemium |
| Setup effort | Low |
| Operating systems | macOS, Windows, Linux |
| Released | 2001 |
| Open source | No |
| Interface | GUI |
| AI integration | AI via extension |
| Extensibility | Extensions |
| Collaboration | Code With Me |
| Languages | Java, Kotlin, Python, JS/TS, C#, Go, many more |
| Capabilities | Vim mode, Multi-cursor, Remote dev, Deep refactoring, Profiling, DB tools, Extensions |
What JetBrains does
Vim mode, Multi-cursor, Remote dev, Deep refactoring, Profiling, DB tools, Extensions
Best for
Deep language-aware tooling with refactoring and static analysis
Works well with
LLM Provider / Model
Agent / Orchestration
Conflicts & caveats
- Cursor built-in only runs inside the Cursor editor — your IDE is JetBrains.
- Windsurf Cascade only runs inside Windsurf — your IDE is JetBrains.
- Zed Agent only runs inside the Zed editor — your IDE is JetBrains.
- Cursor CLI works in any terminal but needs an active Cursor subscription — your IDE is JetBrains, which is fine but the cost is tied to Cursor.
- @codebase indexing is a Cursor-only feature, but your IDE is JetBrains.
- Cursor Background Agents are dispatched from Cursor (desktop or mobile) — your IDE is JetBrains.
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