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Czech software company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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JetBrains s.r.o. (formerly IntelliJ Software s.r.o.) is a Czech[3] software development private limited company which makes tools for software developers and project managers.[4][5] The company has its headquarters in Amsterdam, and has offices in China, Europe, and the United States.[6]
Jetbrains offers a variety of integrated development environments (IDEs), such as IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm and CLion. It also created in 2011 the Kotlin programming language, which can run in a Java virtual machine (JVM).[7]
InfoWorld magazine awarded the firm "Technology of the Year Award" in 2011 and 2015.[8][9]
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JetBrains, initially called IntelliJ Software,[10][11] was founded in 2000 in Prague by three Russian software developers:[12] Sergey Dmitriev, Valentin Kipyatkov and Eugene Belyaev.[13] The company's first product was IntelliJ Renamer, a tool for code refactoring in Java.[5]
In 2012 CEO Sergey Dmitriev was replaced by Oleg Stepanov and Maxim Shafirov.[14][15]
In 2021 The New York Times stated that unknown parties might have embedded malware in JetBrains' TeamCity CI/CD software that led to the SolarWinds hack and other widespread security compromises.[16] In a press release, JetBrains said they had not been contacted by any government or security agency and had not "taken part or been involved in this attack in any way".[17] The CEO of one of the affected companies, SolarWinds, "asked about the possibility that software tools made by JetBrains, which speeds the development and testing of code, was the pathway".[18]
In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the company suspended sales and R&D activities in Russia indefinitely as well as sales in Belarus.[19][20] JetBrains' Russian legal entity was liquidated on 21 February 2023.[21]
In September 2023, JetBrains acquired the company Code Buddy and its two main products, JPA Buddy and React Buddy. The tools were integrated into IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate and the team joined JetBrains to continue their development.[22]
Effective 1 February 2024, Kirill Skrygan replaced Maxim Shafirov as CEO.[23]
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Financial performance
JetBrains has achieved significant financial growth without external funding.[24] The company reported 5.6% revenue growth in 2023,[25] following 11% growth in 2022.[26] JetBrains is profitable with $200 million in EBITDA generated in 2020.[27] The company has never raised external capital.[28]
According to reports, JetBrains' recurring revenue was $593 million in November 2024, the highest among all AI copilots and code editors, exceeding GitHub Copilot's $400 million and Cursor's $65 million.[28]
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Products
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IDEs
The following is a non-exhaustive list of integrated development environments (IDEs) distributed by JetBrains.
The JetBrains Marketplace offers 8,860 plugins that extend the functionality of JetBrains IDEs.[42]
Programming languages
Kotlin is an open-source, statically typed programming language that runs on the Java Virtual Machine and also compiles to JavaScript or native code (via LLVM).[43] The name comes from the Kotlin Island, near St. Petersburg.[44]
JetBrains MPS is an open-source language workbench for domain-specific languages.[45]
Ktor is a Kotlin-based programming framework for developing "connected applications", using the same framework on both server (JVM) and client (JavaScript, Android, and iOS).[46]
Team tools
TeamCity is a continuous integration and continuous delivery server developed by JetBrains. It is a server-based web application written in Java. The New York Times reported that TeamCity may have been used by Russian hackers of US governmental and private agencies, in potentially "the biggest breach of United States networks in history".[16]
Upsource is a code review and repository browsing tool supporting Git, GitHub, Mercurial, Perforce and/or Subversion repositories from a central location. JetBrains released a new developer collaboration tool, Space, in 2019.[47][48] It began sunsetting Upsource in 2022, officially ending support for the product in January 2023.[49] In May 2024, a rebranding from Space to SpaceCode is initiated for the platform to focus on Git hosting and code reviews.[50]
YouTrack is a proprietary, commercial web-based bug tracker, issue tracking system, and project management software developed by JetBrains.[51]
Qodana is a code quality analysis tool that uses static code analysis to help with users with code reviews, building quality gates, and the implementation of code quality guidelines.[52] It was publicly launched in July 2023 and can be used with IDEs in JetBrains's ecosystem, has CI/CD pipeline integration, while supporting code analysis in over 60 programming languages.[53]
AI-powered tools
JetBrains AI Assistant is a feature integrated into most JetBrains IDEs. It provides AI-powered code completion, explains code, generates documentation, and suggests refactorings. The assistant uses models from OpenAI and Google, as well as proprietary models developed by JetBrains, to provide its functionality.[54]
Mellum is a 4-billion-parameter large language model created by JetBrains and released under the Apache 2.0 license. It was trained on a dataset of permissively licensed source code and is designed to be a "focal model" specializing in code completion and other coding-related tasks. It serves as one of the models powering the AI Assistant.[55]
Others
Datalore is a web application for data analysis and visualization, which is focused specifically on the machine learning environment in Python.[56] JetBrains Academy[57] is an online platform to learn programming, including such programming languages as Python, Java, and Kotlin. The Academy was introduced by JetBrains in 2019, and reached 200,000 users by July 2020.[58][59] Certifications were added in November 2021 after community feedback prioritized verifiability of the work done on projects.[60] JetBrains has also developed the EduTools plugin for students, which is compatible with IntelliJ IDEA (Ultimate, Community, Educational), Android Studio, CLion, GoLand, PhpStorm, PyCharm (Professional, Community, Educational), WebStorm.[61]
JetBrains AI is a plugin developed by JetBrains that has been added to every IDE and integrates an AI assistant with AI-powered auto-completion and a chatbot. It comes with multiple AI models integrated with OpenAI's models and Anthropic's models.[62]
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In 2009, JetBrains open-sourced the core functionality of IntelliJ IDEA by offering the free Community Edition.[63][64] It is built on the IntelliJ Platform and includes its sources. JetBrains released both under Apache License 2.0.[65] In 2010, Android support became a part of the Community Edition,[66] and two years later Google announced[67] its Android Studio, the IDE for mobile development on Android platform built on the Community Edition of IntelliJ IDEA and an official alternative to Eclipse Android Developer Tool.[68] After two years of development JetBrains open-sourced Kotlin in February 2012. In June 2015, it was announced that the support of Eclipse ADT would be discontinued making Android Studio the official tool for Android App development.[69]
JetBrains Mono
In January 2020, JetBrains released a geometric monospaced font called JetBrains Mono, made the default font for their IDEs, under the Apache License 2.0.[70][71] The font is designed for reading source code by being optimized for reading vertically with support for programming ligatures.[72][73]
JetBrains is also an active sponsor of other open-source projects and foundations. The company is a contributing member of the Scala Center Advisory Board,[74] and a Silver Member of the Rust Foundation.[75]
Mellum
In April 2025, JetBrains released Mellum, an open-source coding model with 4 billion parameters. JetBrains trained Mellum on a collection of datasets licensed under Apache 2.0.[76][77][78]
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Financials and Business Model
As a private company, JetBrains does not disclose detailed financial statements. However, its annual highlight reports indicate consistent growth. In its 2023 highlights, the company reported a 5.6% year-over-year revenue growth and noted 11.4 million recurring active users.[79] This followed an 11% revenue growth in 2022, when the company reported having 15.9 million users.[80]
The company's business model is primarily based on software subscriptions. In recent years, JetBrains has adjusted its model in response to market trends. This includes making more of its IDEs available with free, non-commercial licenses, such as for RustRover, and unifying its flagship IDE, IntelliJ IDEA, to offer a single download with both free and paid features.[81]
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Partnerships
JetBrains maintains partnerships with more than 140 resellers and numerous technology partners worldwide.[82] According to partnership data, JetBrains has 49 partners, including 41 technology partners and 8 channel partners, with Salesforce as its largest partner.[83]
Google Cloud
JetBrains has an active technology partnership with Google Cloud.[84] In 2022, the companies partnered to deliver integration between Google Cloud Workstations and JetBrains remote development, allowing developers to use JetBrains IDEs with Google Cloud's managed development environments.[85]
In 2024, JetBrains extended its collaboration with Google Cloud to integrate Google's Gemini models into JetBrains AI Assistant, making it the first tool of its kind to combine functionality from OpenAI's GPT-4o, Gemini, and JetBrains' proprietary models.[86]
Other collaborations
JetBrains participates in various strategic collaborations including the Java Community Process Executive Committee, Kotlin Foundation, and supports JUnit 5. The company also partners with Unity for RiderFlow and GitLab to optimize review experiences.[25]
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Community and education initiatives
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JetBrains provides extensive support to educational institutions and the developer community. In 2024, 1,840,580 students and 94,041 teachers benefited from complimentary JetBrains educational packs, while 954,277 students received special discounts for license renewal upon graduation.[25] Additionally, 2,172 schools and universities received 190,459 educational subscriptions for classroom assistance, and 26,100 students from 596 training courses and boot camps received free subscriptions.[25]
The company supports the open source community with 5,952 projects receiving 11,364 complimentary licenses. Through the User Group Support Program, 611 tech communities from 89 countries and regions obtained 3,916 licenses. The Developer Recognition Program honored 1,284 community experts with complimentary All Products Pack subscriptions. Additionally, 12,615 customers benefited from the Startup discount, and JetBrains sponsored 155 IT events.[25]
JetBrains conducts annual Developer Ecosystem surveys to understand industry trends. The 2024 survey was based on input from 23,262 developers and provides insights into programming language usage, development practices, and industry trends.[87]
Educational and research projects
Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine started - between 2012 and 2021 - the company has run and supported several educational and research projects in Russia, often in partnership with universities and other organizations, including:
- The Computer Science Club at the St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which is a joint initiative of JetBrains and the Yandex School of Data Analysis.[88][89]
- The JetBrains Laboratory at Saint Petersburg State University.[89][90]
- The BioLabs Laboratory, a consortium of scientific teams under JetBrains Research.[91]
- A Laboratory of Mobile Robot Algorithms.[92]
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