We’re excited to announce our reworked terminal architecture, which is available in Beta starting with the 2025.1 versions of JetBrains IDEs. It now runs on a stable, standards-compliant core and uses

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JetBrains has introduced a reworked terminal architecture available in Beta with the 2025.1 versions of JetBrains IDEs. The updated terminal maintains compatibility by running on a standards-compliant core and uses the IDE’s editor for UI rendering, ensuring performance across local and remote platforms. The changes address user feedback, emphasizing transparency, reliability, and user familiarity with command-line shortcuts and tools.

JetBrains Terminal: A New Architecture

It’s a good idea and a smart approach, and I’m happy it’s there -
It’s also rather embarrassing that it took 2 years to acknowledge a blatant error in judgement and course correct when half the userbase is screaming bloody murder.
Now the question is, will Jetbrains learn and adopt this approach in their IDE or are they too compartmentalized to notice the similarities.

I just tried it and it looks terrible. At least with my zsh configuration.