FAQ about Code With Me

Code With Me is a plugin for IntelliJ IDEA and other JetBrains IDEs (except for Rider and DataGrip for now) that enables you to collaboratively review, edit, and debug code with your colleagues in real time. The service provided by Code With Me is available in both the IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate and Community editions (with session time limits in the Community version).

Since version 2021.1, the Code With Me plugin comes as a bundled one in the supported IDEs; you don't need to install it manually.

The Code With Me plugin is compatible with IntelliJ IDEA 2020.2.1 and later.

As a host, you need to have the IntelliJ IDEA license and the IntelliJ IDEA version 2020.2.1 or later installed on your machine with the Code With Me plugin installed.

As a guest, you only need an invitation link. After you open the link in your browser, JetBrains Client (a free lightweight application based on IntelliJ platform) will be automatically downloaded, and you can join the corresponding Code With Me session.

When you open an invitation link in your browser, JetBrains Client (a free lightweight application based on IntelliJ platform) is automatically downloaded.

If you are using your JetBrains account or an offline activation code to register you IDE, your license will be applied to the Code With Me plugin automatically.

If you are using a license server to register the IDE, the Code With Me plugin needs to be activated manually.

For more information about activating the Code With Me license, refer to Code With Me license.

The information on how to use Code With Me is available here.

The information about quick Code With Me setup is available here.

If you need information for full environment servers' setup, refer to Code With Me administration guide

No IDE is required to connect as a guest, you only need an invitation link. After you open the link in your browser, a free lightweight client application will be automatically downloaded and you can join the Code With Me session.

The host can start a session to invite other participants (guests) and share project code with them. Session participants either follow each other or navigate the code independently. The session participants can edit code located on the host’s computer. The host can start a debugging session and share its state and actions.

The number of concurrent participants in the Code With Me session depends on the license you have.

Plugins that perform customization of the IDE are supported. The guest cannot download and enable any language or framework related plugins.

No, but as a guest, you can customize your local environment and add a keymap of your choice by installing and enabling the needed plugin.

The minimum and recommended requirements can be found here.

However, for guests only a lightweight client application is downloaded, so the requirements for disk space and computer resources are lower than for a host.

If you work in a local network, you can bypass proxy restrictions by using a private on-premises server.

As an alternative, you can add the following urls to the allowed addresses:

• https://code-with-me.global.jetbrains.com

• https://download.jetbrains.com

• https://download-cf.jetbrains.com

• https://download-cdn.jetbrains.com

• wss://codewithme-relay-1.europe-north1-gke.intellij.net

• wss://codewithme-relay-2.europe-north1-gke.intellij.net

• wss://codewithme-relay-1.us-east1-gke.intellij.net

• wss://codewithme-relay-2.us-east1-gke.intellij.net

• wss://codewithme-relay-1.asia-northeast1-gke.intellij.net

• wss://codewithme-relay-2.asia-northeast1-gke.intellij.net

• wss://codewithme-relay-1.southamerica-east1-gke.intellij.net

• wss://codewithme-relay-2.southamerica-east1-gke.intellij.net

• wss://codewithme-relay-1.asia-south1-gke.intellij.net

• wss://codewithme-relay-2.asia-south1-gke.intellij.net

Not all the tool windows are available for the guests.

Some refactoring-related actions are disabled as well.