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JetBrains/idea-gitignore

.ignore support plugin for IntelliJ IDEA observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/JetBrains/idea-gitignore · Kotlin · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

68/100

  • Activity 74
  • Release rhythm 42
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 114
  • age_days: 4459
  • days_rel: 226
  • days_push: 160
  • n_releases_24m: 4

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1324 stars · 176 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A JetBrains IDE plugin that adds support for .gitignore and many other ignore file formats (.dockerignore, .npmignore, .eslintignore, etc.). It provides syntax highlighting, inspections with quick-fixes, and rule generation from GitHub's template collection.

Use cases

  • syntax highlighting for .gitignore files in IntelliJ IDEA
  • generate gitignore rules from GitHub templates
  • find duplicated or unused entries in .gitignore
  • add files to gitignore from a popup menu
  • show which files are ignored by a gitignore file
  • create .dockerignore or .npmignore with editor support

When to choose

  • you use IntelliJ-based IDEs (IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, etc.) and work with gitignore or other ignore files
  • you want inspections and quick-fixes for ignore file syntax errors
  • you want to generate ignore rules from templates

When to avoid

  • you use VS Code or another non-JetBrains editor
  • you need ignore file handling outside an IDE
  • you are on an old IDE version no longer receiving 4.x updates

Facets

plugin · maturity active

developer-tools file-system linter editor developer-tools version-control text-editors cross-platform editor-plugin gitignore intellij-plugin jetbrains syntax-highlighting ignore-files kotlin

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
JetBrains/idea-gitignoremain68

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