Keymap - Let AltGr characters through instead of firing Ctrl+Alt shortcuts (Windows/Linux) - Double Shift: strict press/release timing, ignored while typing or after Shift+click - Chords wait 2s and swallow an unmatched second stroke - Drop CodeMirror defaults that clash with IDEA keys; ⌘Enter is Split Line, add Scroll to Center and Code Block Start/End - Add missing IDEA defaults (⌃J, ⌘Y, ⇧⌘C, ⌥⌘Y, ⇧⌘M, F9 Resume, ⌘R Rerun, …) Editor - Tab inserts at the caret; smart Backspace to the proper indent; Enter continues a `//` comment; per-language line comment placement - Back/Forward records navigations only; ⌘F searches the selected text - In-place rename; ⌃Space inserts a sole candidate; commit characters only for a focused lookup; usage highlighting survives edits; ⌥Enter offers fixes from the caret line; ⌘-hover shows declaration info only for navigable targets Workbench - Tool windows: primary and split area per side, six Move To anchors, layout migration - ⌘W closes tool window content; Shift+Esc from the editor; closing a tab activates the left neighbour; preview tab and tab limit follow IDEA defaults - Switcher lists open editors and tool windows; Recent Files Delete removes items - Search Everywhere tab/scope behaviour; popups close when the window deactivates - Project view: Copy/Move dialogs on paste, skippable usage search on delete, new-file input cancels on blur; Settings search Esc clears the filter - Status bar breadcrumbs open a children popup; notification timeouts Run / Debug / Build / Terminal - Run asks to stop a running single-instance config; Rerun restarts silently; "Allow multiple instances" option - Run chooser: Enter runs, Shift debugs, F4/Delete/digits - Type into the console for stdin; Stop covers debug sessions - Log (Shift+click) and temporary (Alt+click) breakpoints; independent suspend/log options; Evaluate prefill and history; changed-value highlighting; expandable hints - Build window opens on failure and jumps to the first error - Terminal confirms closing a busy tab and lets IDE shortcuts through VCS - Correct ours/theirs labels during rebase, cherry-pick and revert - Smart/Force Checkout; remote branch checkout updates the local branch - Partial commit by changed block; inline before-commit check results - F7 continues into the next file; Rollback Lines; Commit and Push; Amend message swap - Branch delete with Restore; force push confirmation; editable push target; update summary with the incoming commits
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. Builds for macOS, Windows and Linux.
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.