JetBrains Junie is an AI coding agent built by JetBrains that works directly inside JetBrains IDEs, exploring your project, planning an approach, writing and testing code, and letting you review or refine the result rather than just autocompleting single lines.
Who builds it
Junie is developed by JetBrains, the company behind IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and the wider JetBrains IDE family, and is distributed as a plugin/feature inside those existing IDEs rather than a separate standalone editor.
Core features
- Seamless IDE integration: runs inside the IDE you already use, without requiring a separate app or context switch.
- Codebase-aware planning: explores project structure and logic before proposing a plan, instead of jumping straight to code.
- Two working modes: a code-execution mode where Junie writes, runs, and tests changes, and a collaborative ask mode for discussion before anything is applied.
- IDE-backed quality checks: leverages the IDE's own static analysis for syntax and semantic validation of generated code.
- Test integration: runs the project's tests and verifies changes rather than assuming they work.
- Broad IDE coverage: available in IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, PhpStorm, RubyMine, RustRover, Rider, CLion, and Android Studio.
Pricing
Junie's usage is metered through JetBrains' shared "AI Credits" system rather than sold as its own separate subscription:
- AI Free: no cost, 3 AI Credits every 30 days, plus unlimited IDE code completion and context-aware chat.
- AI Pro: $100/year (about $8.33/month), 10 AI Credits every 30 days, with the option to buy extra credits anytime.
- AI Ultimate: $300/year (about $25/month), 35 AI Credits every 30 days — JetBrains positions this tier for people who use Junie or other agentic features frequently.
- AI Enterprise: $720/year (about $60/month) list price, with the largest credit allocation, enterprise security features, and custom integrations available on request.
- A 30-day AI Pro trial is available, and AI Credits are valued at $1 each and remain valid for 12 months from purchase.
Because agentic runs like Junie's consume credits faster than simple completions or chat, the free tier's 3 monthly credits are realistically enough only for light evaluation rather than daily agent use.
Who it's for
Developers already working inside a JetBrains IDE who want an agent that understands their existing project setup rather than switching to a separate AI-first editor. It suits both individual developers testing agentic workflows on the free tier and teams standardizing on JetBrains tooling who want predictable, credit-metered access to frontier models through AI Pro, Ultimate, or Enterprise.