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JetBrains is discontinuing its Fleet IDE, stating that it could not justify maintaining two general-purpose IDEs. The JetBrains flagship IDE is IntelliJ, and Fleet did not succeed as a standalone product, the company said.
JetBrains revealed on December 8 that beginning December 22, Fleet will no longer be available for download. There will be no further updates and distribution of the IDE will end. Developers can continue using Fleet, but some features relying on server-side services, including AI Assistant, may stop working over time. Elaborating on the decision, JetBrains said rebuilding the full capabilities of IntelliJ-based IDEs inside Fleet did not produce sufficient value. Maintaining two overlapping product lines created confusion and diluted focus, said the company.
Intended to provide a lighter, architecture, a modern UI model, and flexibility, Fleet was a worthwhile experiment from both technical and design perspectives, JetBrains said. Many Fleet components now power JetBrains IDEs and several UX and UI concepts developed for Fleet were adopted throughout the JetBrains product line. But JetBrains found it could neither replace IntelliJ with Fleet nor define a differentiated niche for the Fleet IDE.
