IntelliJ Platform plugin devs are getting "ErrorReportSink": an experimental API for automatic error and freeze reporting.
youtube.com/shorts/gJrzG...
More detailed information is available in our forum:
platform.jetbrains.com/t/experiment...
Too many moving parts in modular @intellijidea.com plugins? New video: building a plugin with content modules using the IntelliJ Platform Gradle Plugin. Covers optional content modules and demos CSS PSI, available for free starting in 2026.1.
youtu.be/7fEdrktCYDo
⚡️Plugin Developer Conf is back on Nov 10, 2026, and we’re now looking for speakers!
Whether your talk is about building and managing plugins, overcoming challenges, or sharing best practices — we’d love to hear from you.
Find more details 👇
blog.jetbrains.com/platform/202...
Stop asking users to paste tokens into plugin settings!
I recorded a video about adding OAuth2 login to JetBrains IDE plugins: browser login, IDE callback, PKCE, PasswordSafe, and GitHub API calls
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt8k...
If you build plugins for JetBrains IDEs, open this before making another icon manually.
It collects practical icon generators for:
👉 IntelliJ-style letter icons
👉 icon modifiers
👉 badge composition for SVGs
Useful, specific, and easy to apply 👇
platform.jetbrains.com/t/icons-icon...
Android Studio finally gets embedded browser power 🚀
This is a big unlock for all Android developers and plugin authors!
Embedded web browser (JCEF) in Android Studio just got a lot more real 👉 tool windows, auth flows, onboarding, browser-powered plugin UX.
platform.jetbrains.com/t/experiment...
Accessibility work in JetBrains IDEs continues in 2026: Windows Magnifier support, improved keyboard access to more IDE areas, and Orca support starting with 2026.2.
If these features are part of your daily dev workflow, we’d value your feedback:
blog.jetbrains.com/platform/202...
What’s new for plugin devs in Q1 2026?
We’ve updated approval guidelines, revamped the “Build Plugins” page, improved tooling, and added new learning resources. Take a look 👇
blog.jetbrains.com/platform/202...
🎥 UI freezes in JetBrains IDEs plugins? Let’s break them down.
In this livestream recording, we cover what causes freezes (yes, plugins too), how to spot them using thread dumps, and practical ways to fix them.
Watch it here 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrdd...
You all probably know about This where you can get nice icons for your plugins. Composing New Icons Based on Letters But today I want to highlight an awesome website by @dseptimus . It produces cu...
We’re excited to announce that the JCEF (Java Chromium Embedded Framework) web browser API is now experimentally available for Android Studio — a capability previously limited to other JetBrains IDEs....
Discover the Q1 2026 highlights from the JetBrains Marketplace—updates to the plugin approval process, the latest tooling improvements, and helpful learning resources for plugin developers.
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On Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we’re sharing recent improvements and what’s next for assistive technologies, navigation, and non-visual feedback.
