JetBrains, der Hersteller der beliebten plattformübergreifenden kommerziellen IDEs wie IntelliJ und Resharper, hat gerade kostenlose Versionen von zwei seiner IDEs, Rider und WebStorm, angekündigt.
Rider begann als eine auf .NET fokussierte IDE, wandelte sich aber im Laufe der Zeit zu einem auf die Spieleentwicklung fokussierten Produkt mit nativer Unterstützung für die Programmierung von Unity, Godot und Unreal Engine.
WebStorm ist eine weborientierte IDE für die Entwicklung von JavaScript und TypeScript.
Details zur Ankündigung von JetBrains:
What’s happening?
Earlier this year, we implemented a new licensing model for our recently introduced IDEs, RustRover and Aqua, making them free for non-commercial use. We’re now extending this model to WebStorm and Rider. If you’re using these IDEs for non-commercial purposes, such as learning, open-source project development, content creation, or hobby development, you can now do so for free.
For commercial projects, nothing will change – our existing licensing remains in place. Other JetBrains IDEs are not affected by this update, either. We’ll evaluate the outcomes of this free non-commercial licensing initiative to see if it can be expanded.
Why are we doing this?
In making non-commercial development free, we aim to make JetBrains IDEs more accessible to a broader audience. We hope the new licensing model will further lower the barrier to using our IDEs, helping you learn, grow, and stay creative.
We’ve explored various ways to achieve this goal. As many of you have asked for more community editions, this was one of the possible options that we considered. However, JetBrains IDEs often have monolithic functionality, with all features deeply integrated and essential for productive work. Creating additional community editions would risk offering a feature set that doesn’t meet the needs of the many different types of users we have.
