IntelliJ Platform SDK

Extend the IntelliJ Platform by creating plugins, custom language support, or UI themes.

• Quick Start Guide: Basics of working with the IntelliJ Platform and creating plugins.
• The IntelliJ Platform SDK : Introduction and overview of contents.

Get started

• Introduction to Plugin Development: Get started building IDE plugins.
• Developing a Theme : Customize the IDE appearance.

Explore and Learn

• Getting Help: Join our community of plugin developers, ask questions and provide feedback.
• Explore the IntelliJ Platform API: Strategies and tools for exploring the API.
• Useful Links: Useful tooling, plugins and repositories.
• Learning Resources: Articles and webinars about plugin development.
• JetBrains Platform Blog : All about plugin and extension development for JetBrains products.
• Busy Plugin Developers - Playlist : YouTube playlist with recorded webinars.

Staying up to date

• Content Updates: Latest updates to the documentation.
• Marketplace Developer News : Subscribe to receive news and announcements.

Tracking API Changes

• Compatibility Tooling : Using Plugin Verifier and IDE features.
• Incompatible API Changes : Known breaking changes.
• Notable API Changes : Notable changes and new features.

Tools

• IntelliJ Platform Explorer : Explore extensions and listeners in open source plugins.
• Plugin Ideas : Browse and vote on suggestions for new plugins.