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JetBrains

Software vendor for developer tools

jetbrains.com

Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded year: 2000
Company type: Private company
Number of employees: 2,500–5,000

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Latest news about JetBrains

In short: JetBrains expanded its AI and agentic development ecosystem with the launch of the Junie agent and the open-sourcing of the Mellum2 model.

Company announcements

June 11 JetBrains

JetBrains announces MPS 2026.1 Release Candidate

The release candidate introduces AI coding agent accessibility via MCP protocol, enabled by the bundled Projectional Agent Toolkit.

June 3 JetBrains

JetBrains announces async VFS content writes for plugin authors

The IntelliJ Platform now delays disk writes after saving, requiring plugins to use ManagingFS.flushPendingUpdates before external file access to avoid stale reads.

June 3 JetBrains

JetBrains releases IntelliJ IDEA 2025.3.6 with Oracle security patch

The update includes the latest Oracle critical patch update for Java 21 and fixes issue IDEA-389015, improving reliability and security.

June 3 JetBrains

JetBrains released Kotlin 2.4.0 with language and platform updates

The release includes stable context parameters, explicit backing fields, support for Java 26, Swift packages, and more.

Media coverage

May 1 Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

JetBrains security advisory (AV26-412) - Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

On April 30, 2026, JetBrains published a security advisory to address a vulnerability in the following product...

15 May 2025 GIGAZINE

JetBrains' C programming IDE 'CLion' can now be used for free, for non-commercial use only, to create reference books and programming videos

CLion, the IDE for C and C++ developed by JetBrains, is now available free of charge for non-commercial use. CLion is an IDE that supports...

15 May 2025 MSN

JetBrains unveils agentic platform for orchestrating AI in software

JetBrains has introduced JetBrains Central, a production-grade agentic development platform designed to orchestrate coding agents and manage agentic environments across software teams. The release reflects...

28 October 2024 Ars Technica

For the first time, beloved IDE JetBrains Rider will be available for free

The integrated development environment (IDE) Rider by JetBrains is now available for free for the first time ever. After trialing non-commercial free licenses with other...

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