- All tab interleaves classes, files, symbols, actions and text by match degree, keeping each source's own order; Enter waits for every source except a text search the top row already beats. - Preview pane under the list (remembered toggle), reusing CodePreview. - "/" lists scope commands; "/files q" switches scope and searches q. - Per-tab search history: magnifier dropdown and ⌥↑ / ⌥↓. - Text hits: syntax colouring, IDEA's boxed-T icon, dimmed repeated file names, collapsed indentation. - Flat scope chooser, IDEA header icons, wider popup with a stable list height; the list shrinks so the footer stays visible.
The IDE you know, rebuilt in Rust.
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OpenIDEA brings the IntelliJ IDEA way of working — its keymap, its tool windows, its search-everything habits — to a native app with a Rust core.
Editor, code insight, debugger, Git, terminal, database and HTTP clients, for 60+ languages.
Download
Installers for macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows and Linux (.deb, .rpm,
AppImage) are on the latest release.
The app updates itself from GitHub releases.
Screenshots
Benchmark
Opening freqtrade (Python, ~770 files) with warm caches, median of 5 runs:
| OpenIDEA | IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Window with the project | 0.9 s | 3.1 s |
| Ready (CPU settled) | 1.1 s | 13.2 s |
| Memory (USS, all processes) | 169 MB | 2011 MB |
| CPU time until ready | 2.4 s | 47.9 s |
| Idle CPU | 4 % of a core | 7 % of a core |
| Quit | 0.3 s | 5.9 s |
A release build of OpenIDEA from main and IDEA with default settings and plugins, on
Windows 11, 32-core AMD, 62 GB RAM.
IDEA analyses Python more deeply, so "ready" doesn't mean the same work on
both sides. Both are measured from the outside, the same way: see
perf/compare to run it on your machine and projects.
Build
pnpm install
pnpm tauri dev
Rust 1.96, Node 22, pnpm and the Tauri prerequisites.
License
Apache 2.0. Bundled third-party assets are listed in THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.md.
Not affiliated with JetBrains. IntelliJ IDEA is a trademark of JetBrains s.r.o.


