Hello! I want to write Kotlin for something to keep my brain busy during my spare time. I am aware of IntelliJ, but I would like to avoid it due to telemetry and a general distrust of JetBrains (I downloaded IntelliJ back when I had windows and after i deleted it i found a "JetBrains" or "IntelliJ" folder in a new spot in my computer once a week). IntelliJ community is open source, so is there any telemetry-free forks a la LibreWolf? If not, what do you reccomend for writing Kotlin code? Thank you comrades!

  • jaeme
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    6 months ago

    GNU Emacs with kotlin-mode and possibly lsp mode

    If you're unfamiliar with GNU Emacs you can try a distribution like Doom Emacs. Emacs is your best bet at avoiding anything proprietary/with anti-features.

    Otherwise hope that VSCodium works.

    • blakeus12 [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      thanks! i will check it out. not looking to switch distros so if i run into any major issues i will do as another commenter suggested and go with intelliJ + firewall.

      thanks for the suggestion!