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Open Source Plugins Extension Point and Listener List

Overview of Extension Points and Listeners for open source plugins available in IntelliJ IDEA Plugin Development and other IDEs.

IntelliJ Platform version: 2026.2.0.1.

83 Extension Points and 8 Listeners

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Listeners

Topic searches for usages inside existing implementations of open-source IntelliJ Platform plugins via IntelliJ Platform Explorer.

Listener links corresponding listener to implement.

See Listeners on how to register listeners.

Extension Points

Extension Point searches for usages inside existing implementations of open-source IntelliJ Platform plugins via IntelliJ Platform Explorer.

Implementation is the related Extension Point class.

See Extensions on how to declare extensions in your plugin.

Tags

See Verifying Plugin Compatibility for overview of API status.

Tag

Description

Details

Deprecated

Deprecated API

See code documentation for replacement.

Removal

Scheduled for Removal API

Annotated with @ApiStatus.ScheduledForRemoval.

See code documentation for replacement.

Obsolete

Obsolete API

Annotated with @ApiStatus.Obsolete.

Do not use in new code, see code documentation for replacement.

Experimental API

Experimental API

Annotated with @ApiStatus.Experimental.

API might be altered or removed without prior notice.

Internal API

Internal API

Annotated with @ApiStatus.Internal.

Must not be used by third party plugins, see Internal API Migration.

Project-Level

Project-Level

Extension Point/Topic

Can have Project as constructor parameter.

- Extension Point: declared with area="IDEA_PROJECT"

- Listener: registered in <projectListeners>

DumbAware

DumbAware

Extension Point

Implementations marked with DumbAware will be processed during dumb mode.

Non-Dynamic

Non-Dynamic

Extension Point

Installation/update of plugin requires restarting the IDE, see Dynamic Plugins.

IntelliJ Open Source Plugins

com.intellij.cpp-diagnostics

com.intellij.cpp-diagnostics

com.intellij.openRewrite

com.intellij.openRewrite

com.thoughtworks.gauge

com.thoughtworks.gauge

gherkin

gherkin

idea.plugin.protoeditor

idea.plugin.protoeditor

intellij.angular.backend.xml

intellij.angular.backend.xml

intellij.javascript.eslint

intellij.javascript.eslint

intellij.jhipster.xml

intellij.jhipster.xml

intellij.prettierJS

intellij.prettierJS

intellij.vuejs.backend.xml

intellij.vuejs.backend.xml

name.kropp.intellij.makefile

name.kropp.intellij.makefile

tslint

tslint

Devicetree Plugin

Devicetree Plugin – Listeners

com.intellij.dts

com.intellij.dts

intellij.dts.cmake.xml

intellij.dts.cmake.xml

Flex Plugin

Flex Plugin – Listeners

com.intellij.flex

com.intellij.flex

Perforce Helix Core

Perforce Helix Core – Listeners

PerforceDirectPlugin

PerforceDirectPlugin

PlatformIO for CLion Plugin

PlatformIO for CLion Plugin – Listeners

Qodana Plugin

intellij.qodana.coverage.xml

intellij.qodana.coverage.xml

intellij.qodana.inspectionKts.xml

intellij.qodana.inspectionKts.xml

org.intellij.qodana

org.intellij.qodana

Serial Port Monitor Plugin

Serial Port Monitor Plugin – Listeners

02 January 2026