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IntelliJ IDEAZed
Freemium

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

 Freemium

The editor is free and open source. Zed's hosted AI plans are paid, and you can use your…

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
  • GPU-rendered and written in Rust, so it stays responsive under load
  • Real-time collaborative editing and a shared terminal
  • Framework support, profiler and database tools are Ultimate features
  • Indexing a large project is slow and memory-hungry
  • A much smaller extension ecosystem than VS Code
  • Windows support arrived late and is still the least mature build
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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