r/IntelliJIDEA is a subreddit with 25k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses intellij, plugin, java, ai, and maven.
The title pretty much says it all. This is a subreddit for posting discussion, tips & tricks, asking for help, etc. with Jetbrains' absolutely awesome IntelliJ IDEA IDE.
Popular Themes in r/IntelliJIDEA
#1
Solution Requests
: "How can I permanently stop IntellijIDEA from forcing AI plugins at every update?"
5 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "can someone tell me why this keeps coming up? its starting probably an hour ago and its really annoying"
3 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Spring Navigator - My IntelliJ IDEA Plugin that Makes Spring Development WAY Less Painful"
3 posts
#4
Advice Requests
: "What's Your Favorite IntelliJ Plugins?"
1 post
#5
Ideas
: "JetBrains IDEs Go AI: Coding Agent, Smarter Assistance, Free Tier"
1 post
#6
Money Talk
: "20% Discount code for IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/IntelliJIDEA
#1
Intellij
: "Intellij IDEA Moves to the Unified Distribution"
180 posts
#2
Plugin
: "Testowl - IntelliJ Plugin that selects and runs tests based on your code changes"
35 posts
#3
Java
: "Learning Java and unable to do a thing"
18 posts
#4
Ai
: "JetBrAins IDEs Go Ai: Coding Agent, Smarter Assistance, Free Tier"
15 posts
#5
Maven
: "Can't add Maven support to existing project"
8 posts
#6
Gradle
: "Why do I have to pay the plan's full price if I'm upgrading from AI Pro to AI Ultimate?"
8 posts
#7
Ide
: "How can I permanently stop IntellijIdeA from forcing AI plugins at every update?"
7 posts
#8
Ui
: "IntelliJIDEA Cheat Sheet and Keyboard Shortcuts"
6 posts
#9
Git
6 posts
#10
Linux
: "How to enable secondary drive detection in IDEA (Linux)"
6 posts
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Last updated: June 14, 2026