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Gradle IntelliJ Plugin (1.x)

Edit pageLast modified: 26 February 2025

Current Release: 1.17.4

GitHub: Releases & Changelog, Issue Tracker

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Obsolescence Notice
Gradle IntelliJ Plugin (1.x) is no longer under active development.
Whenever possible, use IntelliJ Platform Gradle Plugin (2.x) instead.

The Gradle IntelliJ Plugin is a plugin for the Gradle build system to help configure your environment for building, testing, verifying, and publishing plugins for IntelliJ-based IDEs.

This plugin allows you to build plugins for IntelliJ Platform using specified IntelliJ SDK and bundled or third-party plugins.

The plugin provides functionalities like:

adding extra IntelliJ-specific dependencies
patching processResources tasks to fill some tags (name, version) in plugin.xml with appropriate values
patching compile tasks to instrument code with nullability assertions and form classes made with IntelliJ GUI Designer
additional build steps that are helpful for developing plugins for the IntelliJ Platform

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Please see also Gradle IntelliJ Plugin (1.x) – FAQ and Gradle IntelliJ Plugin (1.x) – Usage Examples.
Before visiting the Issue Tracker, update both plugin and Gradle to the latest versions. Please see CONTRIBUTING on how to submit feedback and contribute to this project.

Usage

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Gradle Plugin
The Gradle plugin must be chosen depending on the target platform version.
2024.2+
Requires IntelliJ Platform Gradle Plugin (2.x)
2022.3+
Recommended IntelliJ Platform Gradle Plugin (2.x),
Requires Gradle IntelliJ Plugin (1.x) version 1.10.1+ (current: 1.17.4)

To enable this plugin in your Gradle-based project, register the plugin in the Gradle build script's plugins section:

Kotlin

Groovy

plugins {
  id("org.jetbrains.intellij") version "1.17.4"
}

plugins {
  id "org.jetbrains.intellij" version "1.17.4"
}

When upgrading to 1.x version, please make sure to follow the migration guide to adjust your existing build script.

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Minimum Gradle Version
This project requires Gradle 7.3 or newer. However, it is recommended to use the latest Gradle available. See Gradle Installation guide.

IDE Configuration

Some additional settings are required in the IDE after setting up the plugin.

Gradle JVM must be set to Java 11 in Settings | Build, Execution, Deployment | Build Tools | Gradle. When targeting 2022.3+, Java 17 is required instead (see details).

Attaching Sources

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This step is not required when using Gradle IntelliJ Plugin version 1.17.2 or later.

To attach IntelliJ Platform sources in the IDE when enabled via downloadSources some additional settings are required in IDE versions 2023.2 and later.

2023.3+

2023.2

Earlier versions

In Settings | Advanced Settings enable option Download sources in section Build Tools. Gradle. Then invoke Reload All Gradle Projects action from the Gradle tool window.

In Settings | Build, Execution, Deployment | Build Tools | Gradle enable Download sources for dependencies. Then invoke Reload All Gradle Projects action from the Gradle tool window.

No additional IDE settings are required.

Snapshot Release

The Snapshot release is a pre-release version built nightly from the latest main branch – as it is built every day using the same version number, it's not recommended to use it for production builds.

To switch to the snapshot release, point Gradle to the dedicated snapshot repository by adding an entry to the Gradle settings file.

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The current Gradle IntelliJ Plugin Snapshot version is
To make sure you obtain the latest snapshot version, invoke Gradle using --refresh-dependencies option.

Kotlin

Groovy

build.gradle.kts

plugins {
  id("org.jetbrains.intellij") version "..."
}

settings.gradle.kts

pluginManagement {
  repositories {
    maven("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/")
    gradlePluginPortal()
  }
}

build.gradle

plugins {
  id "org.jetbrains.intellij" version "..."
}

settings.gradle

pluginManagement {
  repositories {
    maven {
      url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/'
    }
    gradlePluginPortal()
  }
}

Configuration Cache

The Gradle build system brings the Configuration Cache feature that helps improve the build performance by caching the configuration phase.

The Gradle IntelliJ Plugin is fully compatible with this mechanism and can be utilized by manual enabling of the Configuration Cache feature with the --configuration-cache flag, like:

gradle buildPlugin --configuration-cache

or by enabling it in the gradle.properties file:

org.gradle.unsafe.configuration-cache = true

See Using the configuration cache in the Gradle documentation for more details.

Multi-Module Project

Sometimes, you may want to split your plugin into multiple modules — i.e., to separate the core plugin code from the code related to other third-party plugin dependencies. The most common way to do this is to use the Gradle Multi-Project Build feature.

This approach allows you to declare dependencies between subprojects, like:

Kotlin

Groovy

dependencies {
  implementation(project(":shared"))
}

dependencies {
  implementation project(':shared')
}

Because the Gradle IntelliJ Plugin introduces the code instrumentation, and the default implementation configuration is not compatible with it, you need to specify the instrumentedJar configuration explicitly to refer to the instrumented JAR file produced by the plugin instead of the default JAR file:

Kotlin

Groovy

dependencies {
  implementation(project(":shared", "instrumentedJar"))
}

dependencies {
  implementation project(path: ':shared', configuration: 'instrumentedJar')
}

Configuration

IntelliJ Extension

After the Gradle IntelliJ Plugin is applied, the intellij extension can be used to configure the plugin and common settings of the provided tasks.

It is mandatory to specify at least the intellij.version property.

Example:

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Groovy

intellij {
  version.set("2022.1.1")
  type.set("IU")
  plugins.set(listOf("com.jetbrains.php:221.5787.21"))
}

intellij {
  version = "2022.1.1"
  type = "IU"
  plugins = ["com.jetbrains.php:221.5787.21"]
}

`version`

All available JetBrains IDEs versions can be found in the repositories described on the IntelliJ Platform Artifacts Repositories page.

The version of the IntelliJ Platform IDE that will be used to build the plugin. Please see Plugin Compatibility with IntelliJ Platform Products and Build Number Ranges for more details.

Required: true
Type: String
Acceptable values: version number: 2022.1.1 or IC-2022.1.1
build number: 221.5080.210 or IC-221.5080.210
snapshot: 221-EAP-SNAPSHOT or LATEST-EAP-SNAPSHOT

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The version number format is the most common option for specifying the version of the IntelliJ Platform. Other formats should be used only when your plugin relies on specific parts of the targeted IDE or early-adopting EAP releases.

`type`

The type of the IntelliJ-based IDE distribution. The type may also be specified as a prefix of the value for the intellij.version property instead.

Type: String
Default value: IC
Acceptable values: IC - IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition
IU - IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition
CL - CLion
PY - PyCharm Professional Edition
PC - PyCharm Community Edition
PS - PhpStorm
RD - Rider
GO - GoLand
AI - Android Studio
RR - Rust Rover
JPS - JPS-only
GW - Gateway

To build against IDEs not supported directly by type, please see their corresponding page in Product Specific.

`pluginName`

The plugin name part used in the generated ZIP distribution: build/distributions/PluginName-1.0.0.zip, and the name of the plugin directory in the sandbox directory.

Type: String
Default value: ${project.name}

`localPath`

The path to the locally installed IDE distribution that should be used to build the plugin. Using intellij.localPath allows building the plugin using an IDE that is not available in IntelliJ Platform Artifacts Repositories.

Type: String
Default value: null
Samples: Windows: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\JetBrains\Toolbox\apps\IDEA-U\ch-0\211.7142.45
macOS: /Applications/Android Studio 4.2 Preview.app/Contents (note /Contents suffix)
Linux: /home/user/idea-IC-181.4445.78

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intellij.version and intellij.localPath must not be specified at the same time.

`localSourcesPath`

The path to local archive with IDE sources. Used for resolving source files of the locally installed IDE distribution when intellij.localPath is specified.

Type: String
Default value: null

`plugins`

The list of bundled IDE plugins and plugins from JetBrains Marketplace or configured intellij.pluginsRepositories.

Please see Plugin Dependencies for more details.

Notes:

For plugins from JetBrains Marketplace, use the pluginId:version format, like org.intellij.plugins.markdown:231.8109.126. The version of your choice must be compatible with the version of the IDE you're building against.
For bundled plugins, use the plugin ID with the version part omitted, like: org.intellij.groovy.
For subprojects, use project reference project(':subproject', 'instrumentedJar').
For plugin built locally, pass the path to the lib/ directory of the extracted plugin archive, like: file("/path/to/plugin/lib/") or file("/projects/plugin-name/build/idea-sandbox/plugins/plugin-name/lib/"). See How to add a dependency on a plugin available in the file system?.
If you need to refer plugin's classes from your project, you also have to define a dependency in your plugin.xml file, see Plugin Dependencies.

Type: List<Any>
Default value: []
Acceptable values: org.plugin.id:version[@channel] format, String type:
org.intellij.plugins.markdown:8.5.0
org.intellij.scala:2017.2.638@nightly
bundledPluginId format, String type:
org.intellij.groovy
project(...) format, Project type:
project(":projectName", "instrumentedJar")
project(":plugin-subproject", "instrumentedJar")
file(...) format, File type:
file("/path/to/plugin/lib/")
file("/projects/plugin-name/build/idea-sandbox/plugins/plugin-name/lib/")

`updateSinceUntilBuild`

Enables patching plugin.xml with the values of patchPluginXml.sinceBuild and patchPluginXml.untilBuild properties.

Type: Boolean
Default value: true

`sameSinceUntilBuild`

Enables patching plugin.xml with the patchPluginXml.untilBuild using value of patchPluginXml.sinceBuild with * wildcard, like sinceBuild.*, e.g., 221.*.

Notes:

Useful for building plugins against EAP builds.
If patchPluginXml.untilBuild has a value set, then intellij.sameSinceUntilBuild is ignored.

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

`instrumentCode`

Enables the instrumentation of Java classes with nullability assertions and compilation of forms created by IntelliJ GUI Designer.

Type: Boolean
Default value: true

`sandboxDir`

The path of sandbox directory that is used for running IDE with developed plugin.

Type: String
Default value: ${project.buildDir}/idea-sandbox

`intellijRepository`

The IntelliJ-based IDE distributions repository URL.

Type: String
Default value: https://cache-redirector.jetbrains.com/www.jetbrains.com/intellij-repository

`pluginsRepositories`

Configures repositories for downloading plugin dependencies. See Maven Interface for details on Maven repository format.

Type: PluginsRepositoryConfiguration
Default value: pluginsRepositories { marketplace() }
Acceptable values: marketplace() - use Maven repository with plugins listed in JetBrains Marketplace
maven(repositoryUrl) - use custom Maven repository with plugins
maven { repositoryUrl } - use custom Maven repository with plugins where you can configure additional parameters (credentials, authentication, etc.)
custom(pluginsXmlUrl) - use Custom Plugin Repository

`jreRepository`

URL of repository for downloading JetBrains Runtime.

Type: String
Default value: null

`ideaDependencyCachePath`

Path to the directory where the IDE dependency cache is stored. If not set, the dependency will be extracted next to the downloaded ZIP archive in Gradle cache directory.

Type: String
Default value: null

`downloadSources`

Enables downloading the IntelliJ Platform sources. It is enabled by default if the CI environment variable is not set – which is present in Continuous Integration environments, like GitHub Actions, TeamCity, and others.

Type: Boolean
Default value: !System.getenv().containsKey("CI")

`configureDefaultDependencies`

Enables configuration of the default IntelliJ Platform dependencies in the current project. Otherwise, the DependenciesUtils.intellij(), DependenciesUtils.intellijPlugin(), and DependenciesUtils.intellijPlugins() functions could be used for an explicit configuration.

Type: Boolean
Default value: true

`extraDependencies`

Configure extra dependency artifacts from the IntelliJ repository. The dependencies on them could be configured only explicitly using the DependenciesUtils.intellijExtra() function in the dependencies block.

Type: List<String>
Default value: []

`pluginDependencies`

List of dependencies on external plugins.

Type: List<PluginDependency>
Default value: []

Tasks

`buildPlugin`

Assembles a plugin and prepares ZIP archive for deployment.

buildPlugin task extends the Zip Gradle task.

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Do Not Repackage Libraries
Do not repackage libraries into the main plugin JAR file. Otherwise, Plugin Verifier will yield false positives for unresolved classes and methods.

`archiveBaseName`

The base name of the ZIP archive.

This task is preconfigured automatically and takes the output artifacts of prepareSandbox and jarSearchableOptions tasks as an input.

Type: String
Default value: ${prepareSandboxTask.pluginName}

`buildSearchableOptions`

Builds an index of UI components (searchable options) for the plugin. This task runs a headless IDE instance to collect all the available options provided by the plugin's Settings.

Note, this is a runIde-based task with predefined arguments and all properties of the runIde task are also applied to buildSearchableOptions tasks.

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If your plugin doesn't implement custom settings, it is recommended to disable it. See also noSearchableOptionsWarning build feature.

`outputDir`

Type: File
Default value: build/searchableOptions

`classpathIndexCleanup`

Remove classpath.index files that are created by the PathClassLoader. This loader, due to the implementation bug, ignores the idea.classpath.index.enabled=false flag and as a workaround, files have to be removed manually.

Task is enabled if intellij.version is set to 2022.1 or higher.

`classpathIndexFiles`

The list of classpath.index files to be removed.

Type: ConfigurableFileCollection
Default value:: List of classpath.index files resolved with sourceSets configuration

`downloadRobotServerPlugin`

Download the robot-server plugin. The robot-server plugin is required for running the UI tests using the runIdeForUiTests task.

`version`

The version of the Robot Server Plugin to download.

Type: String
Default value: LATEST

`pluginArchive`

The Robot Server Plugin archive, downloaded by default to the Gradle cache.

Type: File
Default value: Gradle cache

`outputDir`

Location of the extracted archive.

Type: File
Default value: build/robotServerPlugin

`downloadZipSignerTask`

Resolves and downloads Marketplace ZIP Signer CLI tool used by the signPlugin task.

`version`

Version of the ZIP Signer CLI tool to download.

Type: String
Default value: LATEST

`cliPath`

Path to the ZIP Signer CLI tool.

Type: File
Default value: Gradle cache

`cli`

The output of the ZIP Signer CLI tool.

Type: File
Default value: cliPath

`initializeIntelliJPlugin`

Initializes the Gradle IntelliJ Plugin and performs various checks, like if the plugin is up-to-date.

`instrumentCode`

The following attributes help you to tune instrumenting behavior in the instrumentCode { ... } block.

`ideaDependency`

The dependency on IntelliJ IDEA.

Type: IdeaDependency
Default value: intellij.ideaDependency

`javac2`

Path to the javac2.jar file of IntelliJ IDEA.

Type: File
Default value: lib/javac2.jar resolved in instrumentCode.ideaDependency

`compilerVersion`

A version of instrumenting compiler. It's used in cases when targeting non-IntelliJ IDEA IDEs (e.g., CLion or Rider).

Type: String
Default value: Build number of the IDE dependency

`classesDirs`

The list of directories with compiled classes.

Type: FileCollection
Default value: sourceSets.[].output.classesDirs

`formDirs`

The list of directories with GUI Designer form files.

Type: FileCollection
Default value: .form files of the project's source sets.

`outputDir`

The output directory for instrumented classes.

Type: File
Default value: setupInstrumentCode.instrumentedDir

`compilerClassPathFromMaven`

The classpath for Java instrumentation compiler.

Type: FileCollection

`instrumentedJar`

Create a JAR file with instrumented classes.

`jarSearchableOptions`

Create a JAR file with searchable options to be distributed with the plugin.

`outputDir`

The output directory where the JAR file will be created.

Type: String
Default value: build/searchableOptions

`pluginName`

The name of the plugin.

Type: String
Default value: intellij.pluginName

`sandboxDir`

The sandbox output directory.

Type: String
Default value: prepareSandbox.outputDir

`listBundledPlugins`

Lists all IDs of plugins bundled within the currently targeted IDE. This can be used to determine Plugin ID for setting up Plugin Dependencies.

`ideDir`

The IDE dependency sources path. Configured automatically with the setupDependencies.idea dependency.

Type: File
Default value: setupDependencies.idea

`outputFile`

Path to the file, where the output list will be stored.

Type: File
Default value: File("${project.buildDir}/listBundledPlugins.txt")

`listProductsReleases`

List all available IntelliJ-based IDE releases with their updates. The result list is used for testing the plugin with Plugin Verifier using the runPluginVerifier task.

Plugin Verifier requires a list of the IDEs that will be used for verifying your plugin build against. The availability of the releases may change in time, i.e., due to security issues in one version – which will be later removed and replaced with an updated IDE release.

With the listProductsReleases task, it is possible to list the currently available IDEs matching given conditions, like platform types, since/until release versions. Such a list is fetched from the remote updates file: https://www.jetbrains.com/updates/updates.xml, parsed and filtered considering the specified listProductsReleases.types, listProductsReleases.sinceVersion, listProductsReleases.untilVersion (or listProductsReleases.sinceBuild, listProductsReleases.untilBuild) properties.

The result list is stored within the listProductsReleases.outputFile, which is used as a source for the Plugin Verifier if the runPluginVerifier task has no runPluginVerifier.ideVersions property specified, the output of the listProductsReleases task is used.

`productsReleasesUpdateFiles`

Path to the products releases update files. By default, one is downloaded from IntelliJPluginConstants.IDEA_PRODUCTS_RELEASES_URL.

Type: FileCollection
Default value: Gradle cache

`types`

List of types of IDEs that will be listed in results.

Type: List<String>
Default value: intellij.type

`sinceVersion`

Lower boundary of the listed results in product marketing version format, e.g., 2020.2.1. It takes precedence over the listProductsReleases.sinceBuild property.

Type: String
Default value: intellij.version

`untilVersion`

Upper boundary of the listed results in product marketing version format, e.g., 2020.2.1. It takes precedence over the listProductsReleases.untilBuild property.

Type: String
Default value: null

`sinceBuild`

Lower boundary of the listed results in build number format, like 192.

Type: String
Default value: intellij.version

`untilBuild`

Upper boundary of the listed results in build number format, like 192.

Type: String
Default value: null

`releaseChannels`

Release channels that product updates will be filtered with.

Type: Channel
Default value: EnumSet.allOf(ListProductsReleasesTask.Channel)

`outputFile`

Path to the file, where the output list will be stored.

Type: File
Default value: File("${project.buildDir}/listProductsReleases.txt")

`androidStudioUpdatePath`

For Android Studio releases, a separated storage for the updates is used.

Type: String
Default value: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JetBrains/intellij-sdk-docs/main/topics/_generated/android_studio_releases.xml

`patchPluginXml`

Patches plugin.xml files with values provided to the task.

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To maintain and generate an up-to-date changelog, try using the Gradle Changelog Plugin.

`destinationDir`

The directory where the patched plugin.xml will be written.

Type: String
Default value: ${project.buildDir}/patchedPluginXmlFiles

`pluginXmlFiles`

The list of plugin.xml files to patch.

Type: List<File>
Default value: auto-discovered from the project

`pluginDescription`

The description of the plugin used in the <description> tag.

Type: String
Default value: null

`sinceBuild`

The lower bound of the version range to be patched used in the since-build attribute of the <idea-version> tag.

Type: String
Default value: intellij.version in Branch.Build.Fix format

`untilBuild`

The upper bound of the version range to be patched used in the until-build attribute of the <idea-version> tag.

Type: String
Default value: intellij.version in Branch.Build.* format

`version`

The version of the plugin used in the <version> tag.

Type: String
Default value: ${project.version}

`changeNotes`

The change notes of the plugin used in the <change-notes> tag.

Type: String
Default value: null

`pluginId`

The ID of the plugin used in the <id> tag.

Type: String
Default value: null

`prepareSandbox`

Prepares the sandbox directory with the installed plugin and its dependencies.

`pluginName`

The name of the plugin.

Type: String
Default value: intellij.pluginName

`configDir`

The directory with the plugin configuration.

Type: String
Default value: ${intellij.pluginName}/config

`pluginJar`

The input plugin JAR file used to prepare the sandbox.

Type: File
Default value: output of the jar task

`librariesToIgnore`

Libraries that will be ignored when preparing the sandbox. By default, it excludes all libraries that are a part of the setupDependenciesTask.idea dependency.

Type: List<File>
Default value: org.jetbrains.intellij.tasks.SetupDependenciesTask.idea.get().jarFiles

`pluginDependencies`

List of dependencies on external plugins.

Type: List<PluginDependency>
Default value: org.jetbrains.intellij.IntelliJPluginExtension.getPluginDependenciesList

`prepareTestingSandbox`

Prepares the sandbox directory with the installed plugin and its dependencies for testing purposes.

See prepareSandbox Task.

`prepareUiTestingSandbox`

Prepares the sandbox directory with the installed plugin and its dependencies for UI testing purposes.

See prepareSandbox Task.

`printProductsReleases`

Print the output produced by the listProductsReleases task.

`inputFile`

Output file provided by the listProductsReleases task.

`printBundledPlugins`

Print the output produced by the listBundledPlugins task.

`inputFile`

Output file provided by the listBundledPlugins task.

`publishPlugin`

Publishes plugin to the remote JetBrains Marketplace repository.

The following attributes are a part of the Publishing DSL publishPlugin { ... } in which allows Gradle to upload plugin to JetBrains Marketplace. Note that you need to upload the plugin to the repository at least once manually (to specify options like the license, repository URL, etc.) before uploads through Gradle can be used.

See the instruction on how to generate authentication token.

See the Publishing Plugin With Gradle tutorial for step-by-step instructions.

`token`

Authentication token.

Required

Type: String
Default value: null

`channels`

List of channel names to upload plugin to.

Type: List<String>
Default value: ["default"]

`hidden`

Mark the release as hidden to prevent public release after approval. See Hidden release in JetBrains Marketplace docs.

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

`host`

URL host of a plugin repository.

Type: String
Default value: JetBrains Marketplace

`distributionFile`

ZIP file of plugin to upload.

Type: File
Default value: output of the buildPlugin task

`toolboxEnterprise`

Specify if the Toolbox Enterprise plugin repository service should be used. This feature is still in the incubating phase and is not yet available for public use.

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

`runIde`

Run the IDE instance with the developed plugin installed.

runIde task extends the JavaExec Gradle task – all properties available in the JavaExec as well as the following ones can be used to configure the runIde task.

`ideDir`

The IDE dependency sources path. Configured automatically with the setupDependencies.idea dependency.

Type: File
Default value: setupDependencies.idea

`jbrVersion`

Custom JetBrains Runtime (JBR) version to use for running the IDE.

Type: String
Default value: null
Accepted values: 8u112b752.4
8u202b1483.24
11_0_2b159

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For more information about JBR versions and variants, see Using a JetBrains Runtime for the Development Instance.

`jbrVariant`

JetBrains Runtime (JBR) variant to use when running the IDE with the plugin.

Type: String
Default value: null

`jbrArch`

JetBrains Runtime architecture. By default, it's resolved based on the current OS and JRE architecture.

Type: String
Default value: null

`pluginsDir`

Path to the plugins directory within the sandbox prepared with the prepareSandbox task. Provided to the idea.plugins.path system property.

Type: Directory
Default value: prepareSandbox.destinationDir

`autoReloadPlugins`

Enables auto-reload of dynamic plugins. Dynamic plugins will be reloaded automatically when their JARs are modified. This allows a much faster development cycle by avoiding a full restart of the development instance after code changes. Enabled by default in 2020.2 and higher.

See Enabling Auto-Reload for more details.

Type: Boolean
Default value: true

`runIdeForUiTests`

Run the IDE instance with the developed plugin and robot-server installed and ready for UI testing.

See intellij-ui-test-robot project.

See runIde task for more details.

`runIdePerformanceTest`

Run performance tests on the IDE with the developed plugin installed.

The runIdePerformanceTest task extends the RunIdeBase task, so all configuration attributes of JavaExec and runIde tasks can be used in the runIdePerformanceTest as well. See runIde task for more details.

Currently, the task is under adaptation; more documentation will be added in the future.

`testDataDir`

Path to directory with test projects and .ijperf files.

Type: String
Default value: null

`artifactsDir`

Path to the directory where performance test artifacts (IDE logs, snapshots, screenshots, etc.) will be stored. If the directory doesn't exist, it will be created.

Type: String
Default value: null

`profilerName`

Name of the profiler which will be used during execution.

Type: ProfilerName
Default value: ProfilerName.ASYNC
Acceptable values: ProfilerName.ASYNC
ProfilerName.YOURKIT

`runPluginVerifier`

Run the IntelliJ Plugin Verifier tool to check the binary compatibility with specified IDE builds (see also Verifying Plugin Compatibility).

Plugin Verifier DSL runPluginVerifier { ... } allows to define the list of IDEs used for the verification, as well as explicit tool version and any of the available options by proxifying them to the Verifier CLI.

tip
For more details, examples or issues reporting, go to the IntelliJ Plugin Verifier repository.

tip
To run Plugin Verifier in -offline mode, set the Gradle offline start parameter.

`ideVersions`

The IDEs to be checked in intellij.version format, i.e.: ["IC-2019.3.5", "PS-2019.3.2"]. Check the available build versions on IntelliJ Platform Builds list.

Type: List<String>
Default value: output of the listProductsReleases task

`verifierVersion`

IntelliJ Plugin Verifier version. Do not change unless absolutely required.

Type: String
Default value: LATEST

`verifierPath`

Local path to the pre-downloaded IntelliJ Plugin Verifier JAR file. If set, runPluginVerifier.verifierVersion is ignored.

Type: String
Default value: path to the JAR file resolved using the runPluginVerifier.verifierVersion property

`localPaths`

A list of the paths to locally installed IDE distributions that should be used for verification in addition to those specified in runPluginVerifier.ideVersions.

Type: List<File>
Default value: []

`distributionFile`

ZIP file of the plugin to verify. If empty, the task will be skipped.

Type: File
Default value: output of the buildPlugin task

`failureLevel`

Defines the verification level at which the task should fail if any reported issue matches. Can be set as FailureLevel enum or EnumSet<FailureLevel>.

Type: org.jetbrains.intellij.tasks.RunPluginVerifierTask.FailureLevel
Default value: FailureLevel.COMPATIBILITY_PROBLEMS
Accepted values: FailureLevel.COMPATIBILITY_WARNINGS - Compatibility warnings detected against the specified IDE version.
FailureLevel.COMPATIBILITY_PROBLEMS - Compatibility problems detected against the specified IDE version.
FailureLevel.DEPRECATED_API_USAGES - Plugin uses API marked as deprecated (@Deprecated).
FailureLevel.SCHEDULED_FOR_REMOVAL_API_USAGES - Plugin uses API marked as scheduled for removal (@ApiStatus.ScheduledForRemoval).
FailureLevel.EXPERIMENTAL_API_USAGES - Plugin uses API marked as experimental (@ApiStatus.Experimental).
FailureLevel.INTERNAL_API_USAGES - Plugin uses API marked as internal (@ApiStatus.Internal).
FailureLevel.OVERRIDE_ONLY_API_USAGES - Override-only API is used incorrectly (@ApiStatus.OverrideOnly).
FailureLevel.NON_EXTENDABLE_API_USAGES - Non-extendable API is used incorrectly (@ApiStatus.NonExtendable).
FailureLevel.PLUGIN_STRUCTURE_WARNINGS - The structure of the plugin is not valid.
FailureLevel.MISSING_DEPENDENCIES - Plugin has some dependencies missing.
FailureLevel.INVALID_PLUGIN - "Provided plugin artifact is not valid."
FailureLevel.NOT_DYNAMIC - "Plugin cannot be loaded/unloaded without IDE restart."
FailureLevel.ALL - All of the above
FailureLevel.NONE - None of the above

`verificationReportsDir`

The path to the directory where verification reports will be saved.

Type: String
Default value: ${project.buildDir}/reports/pluginVerifier

`verificationReportsFormats`

The output formats of the verification reports that will be emitted.

Type: List<String>
Default value: ["plain", "html"]
Acceptable values: plain (console output)
html (HTML format)
markdown (Markdown format)

`downloadDir`

The path to the directory where IDEs used for the verification will be downloaded. By default, it relies on the plugin.verifier.home.dir system property and falls back to the XDG_CACHE_HOME environment variable – see XDG Base Directory for more details.

Type: String
Default value: System.getProperty("plugin.verifier.home.dir")/ides, System.getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME")/pluginVerifier/ides, System.getProperty("user.home")/.cache/pluginVerifier/ides or system temporary directory.

`jbrVersion`

Custom JetBrains Runtime (JBR) version to use for running the verification.

Type: String
Default value: null
Acceptable values: 8u112b752.4
8u202b1483.24
11_0_2b159

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For more information about JBR versions and variants, see Using a JetBrains Runtime for the Development Instance.

`jbrVariant`

JetBrains Runtime (JBR) variant to use when running the verification.

Type: String
Default value: null

`jbrArch`

JetBrains Runtime architecture. By default, it's resolved based on the current OS and JRE architecture.

Type: String
Default value: null

`runtimeDir`

The path to the directory containing the JVM runtime. Overrides runPluginVerifier.jbrVersion.

Type: String
Default value: null

`externalPrefixes`

The list of class prefixes from the external libraries. The Plugin Verifier will not report No such class for classes of these packages.

Type: List<String>
Default value: []

`ignoredProblems`

A file that contains a list of problems that will be ignored in the verification report. It must contain lines in form <plugin_xml_id>:<plugin_version>:<problem_description_regexp_pattern>.

Type: File
Default value: null

`teamCityOutputFormat`

A flag that controls the output format - if set to true, the TeamCity Tests Format – the TeamCity compatible output will be returned to stdout.

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

`subsystemsToCheck`

Specify which subsystems of the IDE should be checked.

Type: String
Default value: all
Acceptable values: all
android-only
without-android

`freeArgs`

Arbitrary command line arguments that are passed to the IntelliJ Plugin Verifier as is in addition to the arguments provided by the Plugin Verifier DSL.

Arguments that require a value must be provided in the separate elements of the list.

Type: List<String>
Default value: []
Acceptable values: ["-team-city"] as a switch
["-suppress-internal-api-usages", "jetbrains-plugins"] as an argument with a value

`setupDependencies`

Setup required dependencies for building and running the project. This task is automatically added to the "After Sync" Gradle trigger to make the IntelliJ SDK dependency available for IntelliJ IDEA right after the Gradle synchronization.

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After removing the Gradle IntelliJ Plugin from your project, the Task 'setupDependencies' not found in root project exception may occur. See Frequently Asked Questions for more details.

`idea`

This task exposes the setupDependencies.idea property which contains a reference to the resolved IDE dependency used for building the plugin.

This property can be referred in Gradle configuration to access IDE dependency classpath.

`setupInstrumentCode`

Prepares code instrumentation tasks.

`instrumentationEnabled`

A flag that controls whether code instrumentation is enabled.

Type: Boolean
Default value: intellij.instrumentCode

`instrumentedDir`

The path to the directory where instrumented classes will be saved.

Type: Directory
Default value: ${project.buildDir}/instrumented

`signPlugin`

Sign the ZIP archive with the provided key using the marketplace-zip-signer library.

To sign the plugin before publishing to JetBrains Marketplace with the signPlugin task, it is required to provide a certificate chain and a private key with its password using signPlugin { ... } Plugin Signing DSL.

As soon as signPlugin.privateKey (or signPlugin.privateKeyFile) and signPlugin.certificateChain (or signPlugin.certificateChainFile) properties are specified, the task will be executed automatically right before the publishPlugin task.

For more details, see Plugin Signing article.

`certificateChain`

A string containing X509 certificates. The first certificate from the chain will be used as a certificate authority (CA). Refers to cert CLI option.

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This property accepts value provided as a plain text or base64-encoded string.

Type: String
Default value: null

`certificateChainFile`

A file containing X509 certificates. The first certificate from the chain will be used as a certificate authority (CA). Refers to cert-file CLI option.

Type: File
Default value: null

`privateKey`

Encoded private key in PEM format. Refers to key CLI option.

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This property accepts value provided as a plain text or base64-encoded string.

Type: String
Default value: null

`privateKeyFile`

A file with the encoded private key in PEM format. Refers to key-file CLI option.

Type: File
Default value: null

`password`

Password required to decrypt the private key. Refers to key-pass CLI option.

Type: String
Default value: null

`cliVersion`

Returns the version of JetBrains Marketplace ZIP Signer CLI that will be used.

Type: String
Default value: LATEST

`cliPath`

Path to JetBrains Marketplace ZIP Signer CLI file. Takes precedence over signPlugin.cliVersion.

Type: String
Default value: null

`keyStore`

KeyStore file path. Refers to ks CLI option.

Type: String
Default value: null

`keyStorePassword`

KeyStore password.

Type: String
Default value: null

`keyStoreKeyAlias`

KeyStore key alias. Refers to ks-key-alias CLI option.

Type: String
Default value: null

`keyStoreType`

KeyStore type.

Type: String
Default value: null

`keyStoreProviderName`

JCA KeyStore Provider name. Refers to ks-provider-name CLI option.

Type: String
Default value: null

`inputArchiveFile`

Input, unsigned ZIP archive file. Refers to in CLI option.

Provided by the buildPlugin task.

`outputArchiveFile`

Output, signed ZIP archive file. Refers to out CLI option.

Predefined with the name of the ZIP archive file with -signed name suffix attached.

Type: File

`verifyPlugin`

Validates completeness and contents of plugin.xml descriptors as well as plugin archive structure.

`ignoreFailures`

Specify whether the build should fail when the verifications performed by this task fail.

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

`ignoreWarnings`

Specify whether the build should fail when the verifications performed by this task emit warnings.

Type: Boolean
Default value: true

`ignoreUnacceptableWarnings`

Specify whether the build should fail when the verifications performed by this task emit unacceptable warnings.

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

`pluginDir`

The location of the built plugin file which will be used for verification.

Type: File
Default value: ${prepareSandboxTask.destinationDir}/${prepareSandboxTask.pluginName}

`verifyPluginConfiguration`

Validates the plugin project configuration:

The patchPluginXml.sinceBuild property can't be lower than the major version of the currently used IntelliJ SDK set with the intellij.version.
The sourceCompatibility property of the Java configuration can't be lower than the Java version used for assembling the IntelliJ SDK specified by the intellij.version.
The targetCompatibility property of the Java configuration can't be higher than the Java version required for running IDE in the version specified by the intellij.version or patchPluginXml.sinceBuild properties.
The kotlinJvmTarget property of the Kotlin configuration (if used) can't be higher than the Java version required for running IDE in the version specified by the intellij.version or patchPluginXml.sinceBuild properties.
The kotlinLanguageVersion property of the Kotlin configuration (if used) can't be lower than the Kotlin bundled with IDE in the version specified by the intellij.version or patchPluginXml.sinceBuild properties.
The kotlinApiVersion property of the Kotlin configuration (if used) can't be higher than the Kotlin bundled with IDE in the version specified by the intellij.version or patchPluginXml.sinceBuild properties.

tip
For more details regarding the Java version used in the specific IntelliJ SDK, see Build Number Ranges.

The dependency on the Kotlin Standard Library (stdlib) is automatically added when using the Gradle Kotlin plugin and may conflict with the version provided with the IntelliJ Platform.

tip
Read more about controlling this behavior on Kotlin Standard Library (stdlib).

An old default runPluginVerifier.downloadDir path contains downloaded IDEs, but another default is in use. Links to the FAQ section

`verifyPluginSignature`

Validates the signature of the plugin archive file using the marketplace-zip-signer library.

For more details, see Plugin Signing article.

`certificateChain`

note
Currently unavailable — please use verifyPluginSignature.certificateChainFile instead.

Type: String
Default value: null

`certificateChainFile`

A file containing X509 certificates. The first certificate from the chain will be used as a certificate authority (CA). Refers to cert CLI option.

By default, the certificate chain file is set to the value of the signPlugin.certificateChainFile property. If absent, the signPlugin.certificateChain property is used instead, but due to the CLI tool limitations, a temporary file is created and the certificate chain is written to it.

Type: File
Default value: signPlugin.certificateChainFile

`inputArchiveFile`

Input, signed ZIP archive file. Refers to in CLI option.

Provided by the signPlugin task.

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Gradle IntelliJ Plugin (1.x)

Usage

IDE Configuration

Attaching Sources

Snapshot Release

Configuration Cache

Multi-Module Project

Configuration

IntelliJ Extension

`version`

`type`

`pluginName`

`localPath`

`localSourcesPath`

`plugins`

`updateSinceUntilBuild`

`sameSinceUntilBuild`

`instrumentCode`

`sandboxDir`

`intellijRepository`

`pluginsRepositories`

`jreRepository`

`ideaDependencyCachePath`

`downloadSources`

`configureDefaultDependencies`

`extraDependencies`

`pluginDependencies`

Tasks

`buildPlugin`

`archiveBaseName`

`buildSearchableOptions`

`outputDir`

`classpathIndexCleanup`

`classpathIndexFiles`

`downloadRobotServerPlugin`

`version`

`pluginArchive`

`outputDir`

`downloadZipSignerTask`

`version`

`cliPath`

`cli`

`initializeIntelliJPlugin`

`instrumentCode`

`ideaDependency`

`javac2`

`compilerVersion`

`classesDirs`

`formDirs`

`outputDir`

`compilerClassPathFromMaven`

`instrumentedJar`

`jarSearchableOptions`

`outputDir`

`pluginName`

`sandboxDir`

`listBundledPlugins`

`ideDir`

`outputFile`

`listProductsReleases`

`productsReleasesUpdateFiles`

`types`

`sinceVersion`

`untilVersion`

`sinceBuild`

`untilBuild`

`releaseChannels`

`outputFile`

`androidStudioUpdatePath`

`patchPluginXml`

`destinationDir`

`pluginXmlFiles`

`pluginDescription`

`sinceBuild`

`untilBuild`

`version`

`changeNotes`

`pluginId`

`prepareSandbox`

`pluginName`