--- title: JetBrains Discontinues Fleet IDE, Shifts Focus to... description: JetBrains is discontinuing Fleet IDE on December 22, 2025, after failing to differentiate itself from IntelliJ and VS Code. Despite attempts to position it as... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/jetbrains-discontinues-fleet-ide-shifts-focus-to-ai-driven-tool-air-1egazfyhr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: JetBrains Discontinues Fleet IDE, Shifts Focus to AI-Driven Tool Air | daily.dev og:description: JetBrains is discontinuing Fleet IDE on December 22, 2025, after failing to differentiate itself from IntelliJ and VS Code. Despite attempts to position it as... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/jetbrains-discontinues-fleet-ide-shifts-focus-to-ai-driven-tool-air-1egazfyhr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1EgaZFYhR.png og:image:alt: JetBrains Discontinues Fleet IDE, Shifts Focus to AI-Driven Tool Air og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # JetBrains Discontinues Fleet IDE, Shifts Focus to AI-Driven Tool Air **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary JetBrains is discontinuing Fleet IDE on December 22, 2025, after failing to differentiate itself from IntelliJ and VS Code. Despite attempts to position it as a lightweight, AI-first editor, Fleet couldn't establish a clear niche. The Fleet team is pivoting to develop 'Air', a new agentic development environment currently in public preview that leverages AI-driven workflows for tasks like refactoring and feature building. Air is built on Fleet's platform and requires an Anthropic subscription, representing JetBrains' second major strategic shift toward AI-driven development tools. ## Content JetBrains has announced that it will discontinue its Fleet IDE on December 22, 2025. This decision comes after the company concluded that maintaining two general-purpose integrated development environments (IDEs) was not sustainable or distinctive enough, particularly in comparison to its IntelliJ-based offerings and VS Code. Despite multiple attempts to reposition Fleet as a lightweight IDE, an AI-first editor, and a tool for agentic workflows, it struggled to carve out a clear niche and often confused users with its overlapping features. Fleet, while a valuable experiment, was unable to provide sufficient differentiation from IntelliJ or justify its existence as a standalone product. The Fleet team will now shift focus to developing a new agentic development environment, provisionally named 'Air'. Currently in public preview, Air is built upon Fleet's platform and requires an Anthropic subscription. It aims to leverage AI-driven workflows, allowing agents to manage tasks such as refactoring and feature building, thus catering to the emerging market for agent-based development tools. Although concerns exist about the potential for repeating strategic missteps, JetBrains remains optimistic that Air will find its footing in a rapidly evolving landscape that increasingly values AI integrations in software development. This move marks JetBrains' second major pivot within a short span, from competing with popular IDEs like VS Code with Fleet, to focusing on AI-driven development tools. 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