We are excited to announce the next step for IntelliJ IDEA: we are moving to a single, unified distribution. And yes, before you ask, our commitment to open source remains as strong as ever. There

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JetBrains is consolidating IntelliJ IDEA into a single unified distribution, replacing separate Community and Ultimate editions. The transition includes three phases: enabling GitHub builds with CI/CD pipelines, implementing graceful license expiration (users retain basic functionality when subscriptions expire), and migrating to one installer by 2025.3. The unified version will include more free features than current Community Edition, such as enhanced syntax highlighting for frameworks like Spring and Quarkus, project setup wizards, and basic database schema exploration. Ultimate features still require subscription but can be tried with one-click trials. Open source commitment remains strong with GitHub builds containing only open-source components, while the unified distribution includes some proprietary features available for free.

IntelliJ IDEA Moves to the Unified Distribution

A Variety of Problems Solved with the Unified Distribution

More Features Available for Free, Ensuring a Great Experience for Every Java and Kotlin Developer

wow… this is huge!
this will go a very long way to reducing the gap between IDEA and WebStorm, where we needed the former for “java apps” and the latter for “webapps”, but there was no way to work on “java webapps” unless you had IDEA Ultimate…
thank you JetBrains, you guys rock!