Stories, launches, and workflow ideas from the team behind Junie.
Announcements
Junie Lite: a free model for the work that never needed a frontier one
Junie Lite is a free model tier for Junie, the JetBrains AI coding agent. Save frontier models for hard problems, run the rest free.
Junie Local: Smarter, Faster AI Coding
Junie Local now ships Qwen3.8-3.6-27B-blend, a merged model that completes more coding tasks than Qwen3.6 while generating 71% fewer output tokens than Qwen3.8 – plus experimental NVIDIA RTX support on Windows.
Your diff has a demo now with Junie /demo
Let Junie test a feature in your app, watch it work, and review the video, screenshots, and HTML report.
Get Gemini 3.8 Flash for Junie, Now With 75% Off
Gemini 3.8 Flash, Google's newest coding model, is tuned for long jobs and now available in Junie's IDE plugin and CLI, with a limited-time introductory offer of 75% off.
Junie Can Now Run Entirely on Your Mac – No Credits, No Cloud
Introducing Junie Local: a coding agent that runs entirely on your Mac with a model we chose and tuned against our own agent loop – no tokens, no quota, no code leaving your machine, and free. Install it with a single /local command.
Junie's New Default Runs on Gemini 3.7 Flash, at 70% Off Base Pricing
Gemini 3.7 Flash is Junie's new default model in the IDE plugin and Junie CLI: Google's most capable Flash model for coding, at 70% off base pricing for a limited time.
Junie: The JetBrains AI Coding Agent Leaves Beta
Junie is now generally available: the JetBrains AI coding agent plans before it codes, debugs with the real debugger, reviews PRs, and runs tasks async.
Insights
Junie vs Cursor: Comparing AI Coding Agents for Developer Workflows
Compare Junie vs Cursor across coding workflows, codebase context, debugging, testing, refactoring, and IDE integration.
Junie vs GitHub Copilot: Key Differences for Developers
Compare Junie vs GitHub Copilot across coding workflows, IDE support, code review, repository context, and GitHub integration.
How to Choose the Right AI Coding Agent for Your Team
Learn how to evaluate AI coding agents for your team using real workflows, pilot tasks, security requirements, and developer needs.
Best AI Coding Agents for Developers (2026)
Compare leading AI coding agents in 2026 by workflows, strengths, trade-offs, IDE support, and enterprise capabilities.
Why IDE-Connected AI Agents Understand Your Code Better
Learn why IDE-connected AI agents understand code better by using project structure, symbol relationships, dependencies, and other IDE context.
Using AI Agents to Work With Legacy Code More Efficiently
Learn how AI agents help you understand legacy code, trace dependencies, assess change impact, and refactor with more confidence.