What’s the difference between IntelliJ IDEA Community and open-source IntelliJ IDEA?

Question

How does the new open-source version differ from the Community Edition?

Answer

The open-source version is built from the same codebase that powers IntelliJ IDEA and other tools like Android Studio. It includes only open-source components and is available as downloadable builds on GitHub, with CI/CD pipelines for easy customization.

Unlike the old Community Edition, it does not include some features such as settings sync, AI tools, Code With Me, or WSL support. However, most of these, except WSL, are available as free plugins via JetBrains Marketplace and can be added manually.

Open-source builds do not have in-product updates, new versions are published on GitHub for manual download.