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Plugin DevKit plugin is bundled with IntelliJ IDEA until 2023.2.

When using IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3 or later, the Plugin DevKit plugin must be installed from JetBrains Marketplace (Plugin Homepage) as it is no longer bundled with the IDE.

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IDE: Homepage, Versions

Plugins: JetBrains Marketplace

Please see on how to use Plugin Verifier and IDE inspections to check such problems.

Early Access Program (EAP) releases of upcoming versions are available here.

Changes from API marked with @Deprecated(forRemoval=true) or any of ApiStatus @Experimental, @ScheduledForRemoval, or @Internal are not listed here, as incompatible changes are to be expected.

For API annotated with @ApiStatus.Internal/@IntellijInternalApi, see for more details and replacements.

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Java 21 is required when targeting 2024.2 and later only.

Java 17 is required (blog post) when targeting 2022.2 and later only.

Java 11 is required (blog post) when targeting 2020.3 and later only.

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When building against 2024.2 or later, must be used.

When building against 2022.3 or later, Gradle IntelliJ Plugin version 1.10.1 or higher is required (current: %gradle-intellij-plugin-version%).

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See also for more information and strategies.

Listeners

Topic searches for usages inside existing implementations of open-source IntelliJ Platform plugins via IntelliJ Platform Explorer.

Listener links corresponding listener to implement.

See on how to register listeners.

Extension Points

Extension Point searches for usages inside existing implementations of open-source IntelliJ Platform plugins via IntelliJ Platform Explorer.

Implementation is the related Extension Point class.

See on how to declare extensions in your plugin.

Tags

See for overview of API status.

Icon	Description	Details
	Deprecated API	Please see code documentation for replacement
	Scheduled for Removal API	Please see code documentation for replacement
	Obsolete API	Do not use in new code, please see code documentation for replacement ()
	Experimental API	Annotated with @ApiStatus.Experimental, API might be altered or removed without prior notice
	Internal API	Annotated with @ApiStatus.Internal, must not be used by 3rd party, see
	Project-Level Extension Point/Topic	Can have Project as constructor parameter Extension Point: Declared with area="IDEA_PROJECT" Listener: registered in <projectListeners>
	Non-Dynamic Extension Point	Installation/update of plugin requires IDE restart ()
	DumbAware Extension Point	Implementations marked with DumbAware will be processed during dumb mode