JetBrains offers free use of WebStorm and Rider IDEs

Select developers now are getting free access to JetBrains’ WebStorm and Rider IDEs.

The company on October 24 announced it has launched non-commercial licenses for its WebStorm JavaScript and TypeScript IDE and the Rider cross-platform .NET and game development IDE. As of now, developers using these IDEs for non-commercial purposes, such as open source project development or content creation, can use them for free.

JetBrains views the move as expanding the availability of these IDEs to a broader swath of developer roles. More than two-thirds of developers code outside of work as a hobby and nearly 40% code for educational and learning purposes outside of work, the company said.

WebStorm supports front-end, back-end, and full-stack web development, while Rider provides developers with tools to write games for PCs, consoles, or mobile devices with Unreal Engine, Unity, Godot, or custom engines.

Previously this year, JetBrains released other products under the same terms for non-commercial use, including RustRover, an IDE for Rust development, and Aqua, an IDE designed for test automation. JetBrains also provides community editions of IntelliJ and PyCharm, IDEs for Java and Python, respectively, which can be used to build proprietary and commercial software.