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OpenIDEA

The IDE you know, rebuilt in Rust. IntelliJ IDEA–style keymap, tool windows and search-everywhere in a fast native app: editor, code insight, debugger, Git, terminal, database and HTTP clients for 60+ languages.

OpenIDEA is an open-source code editors project on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license (permissive), with 6.7k stars. It is built with TypeScript, Rust, Tauri and react. Its last push was today.

Stars
6.7k
License
Apache-2.0
Activity
Active
Latest release
v0.1.37

Code on GitHub

Judgement

What it is
Developer tool
What it does
A desktop IDE written in Rust and Tauri that copies IntelliJ IDEA's keymap and tool windows, with editor, debugger, Git, terminal, database and HTTP clients.
Adopt it when
You like IntelliJ's way of working and want to experiment with a lighter native alternative.
Watch out
The repository is about two weeks old, so its claims of broad language and tool support are untested in real use.
Ready for
Experimental
Runs as
Desktop app
Built with
Rust, TypeScript, Tauri and React
How established
New: started under a month ago, latest release v0.1.37.
What the license allows
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-06 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

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