IntelliJ IDEA Early Access Program

At JetBrains we believe that making tools for developers should involve listening to them. Our Early Access Program lets the community participate in discussions devoted to our products and influence the development planning, from the early stages onwards.

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Why should you try EAP builds?

Early Access Programs allow you to try pre-release versions of our software.

You can use them to evaluate the features which will be added to the next release. Please use the IntelliJ IDEA issue tracker to report bugs and suggest new features.

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Installation instructions

This is an early access version of the product.

You expressly acknowledge that this version of the product may not be reliable, may not work as intended and may contain errors. Any use of the EAP product is at your own risk.

Build infoBuild highlights

2025.1 eap build 251.20015.29

Released: February 7, 2025

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Release notes

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.1 EAP 4 is out with the following new features:
  • Quick-fix for non-imported KDoc names
  • Auto-conversion of Gradle Groovy DSL dependencies
  • Option to set automatic plugin updates
Learn more in our blog post.

2025.1 eap build 251.18673.35

Released: January 30, 2025

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Release notes

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.1 EAP 3 is out with the following updates:

  • Java-to-Kotlin copy-paste conversion in K2 mode
  • Logical code structure view for Liquibase
  • Code completion for Spring Data repositories

Learn more in our blog post.

2025.1 eap build 251.17181.16

Released: January 22, 2025

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Release notes

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.1 EAP 2 is out with the following new features:

  • Containerfile support
  • Updates for Dockerfiles

For more details, refer to our blog post.

2025.1 eap build 251.14649.49

Released: January 15, 2025

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Release notes

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.1 EAP 1 is out, featuring:

  • Early Java 24 support
  • Faster creation of Spring beans
  • Debugger UX enhancements

For more details, see our blog post.