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IntelliJ IDEAVSCodium
Freemium

The Community Edition is free. IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate requires a paid subscription.

 Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Refactorings and inspections that understand the whole project, not just the file
  • Community Edition is free and open source
  • The same editor as VS Code, built from the same MIT-licensed source without Microsoft branding
  • Telemetry is disabled in the default configuration
  • Framework support, profiler and database tools are Ultimate features
  • Indexing a large project is slow and memory-hungry
  • Extensions come from Open VSX, so a few marketplace-only extensions are missing
  • Microsoft’s proprietary extensions, including the C# debugger and Remote Development, are not licensed for it
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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