Ilnur Galimov

Question What is an Ultimate subscription? Answer An Ultimate subscription unlocks the full power of IntelliJ IDEA, including industry-leading Spring support, complete JVM ecosystem support, advanc...

Question What does IntelliJ IDEA’s move to a unified distribution mean for users? Answer Starting with version 2025.3, IntelliJ IDEA will have a single unified installer, replacing the separate Com...

Question How will the perpetual fallback license work with the new unified IntelliJ IDEA distribution? Answer Starting with IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, the licensing experience for Ultimate users is bein...

Question Can open-source builds of IntelliJ IDEA run paid plugins? Answer Yes, paid plugins can be used with open-source builds. These builds are simply a minimal set of plugins with no restriction...

Question When will the unified IntelliJ IDEA be released? Answer The transition will happen in stages: In version 2025.2, graceful license expiration will be introduced in IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate. ...

Question While the unified approach sounds great, are there any possible downsides to be aware of? Answer We believe the drawbacks are minimal. The main potential downside is a larger distribution ...

Question Will the open-source version of IntelliJ IDEA be available through JetBrains Toolbox for installation and updates? Answer No, there are currently no plans to support the open-source versio...

Question Will the unified IntelliJ IDEA have a new icon? Answer No, the unified IntelliJ IDEA uses the IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate icon.

Problem Users are unable to type special characters such as |, @, and others in the terminal interface in IntelliJ IDEA. Cause This issue is caused by the Use Option as Meta key setting being enabl...

Problem When trying to start the IDE, the following error occurs: Error occurred during initialization of VM java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/intellij/platform/core/nio/fs/CoreBootstrap...