Jetbrains Tools

Various JetBrains IDEs and tools are available from nixpkgs under the `jetbrains` namespace. For instance, CLion is available as the jetbrains.clion package.

Plugins

Some Jetbrains IDE plugins such as Github Copilot need to be patched in order to work on NixOS.

At the time of writing, plugin support is not available in the latest stable version of Nixpkgs (23.05). To install a package from nixos-unstable, see the FAQ.

For example, a package of CLion with the Github Copilot plugin pre-installed can be obtained by adding the following line to your package list:

     (pkgs.jetbrains.plugins.addPlugins pkgs.jetbrains.clion ["github-copilot"])

where pkgs is a suitable version of nixpkgs.

Note that Jetbrains IDEs tend to manage their configuration and plugins statefully. For example, if you have previously attempted to install Copilot through the IDE's plugin manager, you may need to delete the IDE's state in as described in the JetBrains documentation.

All Marketplace plugins via nix-jetbrains-plugins

The third-party repository theCapypara/nix-jetbrains-plugins provides a way to install any plugin from Jetbrains Marketplace. It is updated weekly.

Please note that these plugins are unpatched and may not work, in that case the plugin may be installable in a patched version directly via nixpkgs, see above.

JetBrains Toolbox

If you (understandably) want to eschew a fully-stateless JetBrains IDE setup, JetBrains Toolbox manages everything under ~/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox but currently (Jan. 2024) needs some tweaks to get working.

1. Install pkgs.jetbrains-toolbox and launch it once
2. Edit ~/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/.storage.json to add the line "preferredKeychain": "linux-fallback"
3. Start to log-in normally, but stop after the JetBrains webpage opens
4. Reopen JetBrains Toolbox, navigate to Settings, and click "Troubleshoot..."
5. Follow the manual login flow as directed

After following these steps, JetBrains Toolbox will store user credentials in an encrypted (with a static key) file at ~/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/.securestorage. If not followed, JetBrains Toolbox is unable to retrieve credentials via libsecret (due to bwrap sandboxing?) and persistently notifies the user to re-authorize.

It may also help to enable nix-ld or launch through JetBrains Toolbox itself if the downloaded IDEs are unable to launch; see nixpkgs#240444.

With the following configuration rustrover was successfully started:

   programs.nix-ld.enable = true;
   programs.nix-ld.libraries = with pkgs; [
     SDL
     SDL2
     SDL2_image
     SDL2_mixer
     SDL2_ttf
     SDL_image
     SDL_mixer
     SDL_ttf
     alsa-lib
     at-spi2-atk
     at-spi2-core
     atk
     bzip2
     cairo
     cups
     curlWithGnuTls
     dbus
     dbus-glib
     desktop-file-utils
     e2fsprogs
     expat
     flac
     fontconfig
     freeglut
     freetype
     fribidi
     fuse
     fuse3
     gdk-pixbuf
     glew110
     glib
     gmp
     gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base
     gst_all_1.gst-plugins-ugly
     gst_all_1.gstreamer
     gtk2
     harfbuzz
     icu
     keyutils.lib
     libGL
     libGLU
     libappindicator-gtk2
     libcaca
     libcanberra
     libcap
     libclang.lib
     libdbusmenu
     libdrm
     libgcrypt
     libgpg-error
     libidn
     libjack2
     libjpeg
     libmikmod
     libogg
     libpng12
     libpulseaudio
     librsvg
     libsamplerate
     libthai
     libtheora
     libtiff
     libudev0-shim
     libusb1
     libuuid
     libvdpau
     libvorbis
     libvpx
     libxcrypt-legacy
     libxkbcommon
     libxml2
     mesa
     nspr
     nss
     openssl
     p11-kit
     pango
     pixman
     python3
     speex
     stdenv.cc.cc
     tbb
     udev
     vulkan-loader
     wayland
     xorg.libICE
     xorg.libSM
     xorg.libX11
     xorg.libXScrnSaver
     xorg.libXcomposite
     xorg.libXcursor
     xorg.libXdamage
     xorg.libXext
     xorg.libXfixes
     xorg.libXft
     xorg.libXi
     xorg.libXinerama
     xorg.libXmu
     xorg.libXrandr
     xorg.libXrender
     xorg.libXt
     xorg.libXtst
     xorg.libXxf86vm
     xorg.libpciaccess
     xorg.libxcb
     xorg.xcbutil
     xorg.xcbutilimage
     xorg.xcbutilkeysyms
     xorg.xcbutilrenderutil
     xorg.xcbutilwm
     xorg.xkeyboardconfig
     xz
     zlib
   ];

It could also be extended to the full list in pkgs/build-support/appimage/default.nix