- feat(i18n): Add Russian localization (ru)
- chore(lint): turn noExplicitAny and noNonNullAssertion into errors
- Blog: GUI overview
- Blog: review fixes for the GUI overview post (stacked on
- feat: warn that Claude subscription sign-in bills ThinkRail usage as Anthropic extra usage
- Blog: ThinkRail 0.3.0 release post
ThinkRail by JetBrains
Open-source agentic IDE from JetBrains built around the pi coding agent, with isolated git-worktree workspaces and living project specs.
AI IDEs and editor agents
New · Added to AgentGid on Oct 27, 2026Open source · Apache-2.0Free to start
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Price
Free (OSS)
free and open source
Popularity
#14 in IDEs
Gid Score 25 / 100 · #186 of 285 ranked AI agents
Trend
Gaining stars fast
about +577 GitHub stars a day
Development
Actively updated
latest 0.3.1, 2d ago
Community
7,249 GitHub stars
public signals
Usage data: latest readings Nov 2 to Nov 3, 2026, last checked Nov 3, 06:44 UTC. Date of each number
What ThinkRail does
It is free and open source (Apache-2.0); you pay only for the models it calls.
Key facts
| Maker | JetBrains |
|---|---|
| First released | July 2026 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | TypeScript |
| Open issues and PRs | 346 |
Pricing
Open source under the Apache-2.0 licence; check the website for any paid hosted plans.
Checked Oct 27, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Quick answers
- Free to start?Yes
- Open source?Yes (Apache-2.0)
- Closest alternativeCursor · all alternatives
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72 | — | — | — | 33.3K+5/day | — | Free + $8/mo | |||
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| 23 |
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| 27 |
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ThinkRail news
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ThinkRail gained 4,037 GitHub stars in a week
Now at 7,249 stars, against about 682 a week over the month before.
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ThinkRail 0.3.1 released
feat(i18n): Add Russian localization (ru); chore(lint): turn noExplicitAny and noNonNullAssertion into errors; Blog: GUI overview
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ThinkRail 0.3.0 released
Blog: ThinkRail 0.2.0 release post; docs: add GitHub stars badge and star call-to-action to README; build: pin Bun 1.4.3 for development, CI, the CLI and the desktop runtime
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8 agents added to AgentGid
LayerFS, ThinkRail, Loki Mode, Switch, Omnara, Andee, OpenFilm, SPACE (Perplexity)
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ThinkRail gained 2,306 GitHub stars in a week
Now at 3,212 stars, against about 109 a week over the month before.
What changed: recent ThinkRail releases
13 stable releases in the last 90 days · Full changelog
- Blog: ThinkRail 0.2.0 release post
- docs: add GitHub stars badge and star call-to-action to README
- build: pin Bun 1.4.3 for development, CI, the CLI and the desktop runtime
- feat: mark a workspace as read or unread
- feat(web): collapse background results into one Resources-style row with its own round
- perf(web): stop transcript reads from waiting on watcher readiness
Earlier releases
- feat(analytics): CI-only PostHog key; dev builds never report
- test(server): drop avoidable waits from the slowest server tests
- fix(server): make set_title name an unnamed workspace in the same call
- docs: make the README user-facing with screenshots
- Blog: lightweight -> agentic
- feat(shell): add Cmd/Ctrl+K session switcher palette
- Blog: a new post about skills and desktop apps
- feat(server): let the agent name chats and workspaces via set_title
- feat(state): replace session activity with normalized session lifecycle
- feat(desktop): frameless Windows title bar with HTML window controls
- feat(review): engine-neutral review surface — Pierre diffs, rich anchors, host-owned reverts, rich-file renderers
- fix(web): stop chat scrolling from jumping under the reader
- feat(review): default agent-triggered review off
- chore(deps): upgrade pi 0.87.1 → 0.99.1
- feat(web): render Skills state with switches
- feat(resources): add chat-scoped command and subagent controls
- feat(website): add /agentic-ide/ positioning-test landing route
- fix(desktop): honor the macOS title-bar double-click action on the topbar
- feat(web): add Mod+N / Mod+Alt+N shortcut to create a workspace
- fix(web): keep the workbench stable across workspace switches
- fix(web): stop remounting the workbench after a panel resize
- Plan page: live Session block, cumulative Summary, and in-plan interaction
- feat(delegation): add resource ownership and captured history
- feat(dag): add validated contracts and durable storage
ThinkRail popularity and usage data
The GitHub repository has 7,249 stars, 6,752 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 0.3.1, published Nov 1, 2026; there were 4 stable releases in the past 30 days. It was mentioned in 13 Hacker News posts and comments over the last 30 days.
Download the raw daily series: thinkrail.csv
Gid Score breakdown
Adoption0
Community36
Attention15
Momentum100
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
How fresh these numbers are
| Number | Latest reading | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | Nov 3, 2026 | Nov 3, 06:34 UTC |
| Website rank (Tranco) | Nov 2, 2026 | Nov 3, 06:44 UTC |
| Hacker News mentions | Nov 2, 2026 | Nov 3, 06:35 UTC |
We fetch every source once a day. Registries publish downloads and page views a day or two late, so their latest reading trails the check. A reading more than 4 days old is marked out of date; the Gid Score still uses it until a newer one arrives.
ThinkRail FAQ
How much does ThinkRail cost?
Open source under the Apache-2.0 licence; check the website for any paid hosted plans.
Is ThinkRail open source?
Yes. ThinkRail is open source, released under the Apache-2.0 license.
How popular is ThinkRail?
The GitHub repository has 7,249 stars, 6,752 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 0.3.1, published Nov 1, 2026; there were 4 stable releases in the past 30 days. It was mentioned in 13 Hacker News posts and comments over the last 30 days.
What is the latest version of ThinkRail?
The latest stable release we track is 0.3.1, published on Nov 1, 2026.
What are the alternatives to ThinkRail?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Gid Score are Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Zed, Google Antigravity.
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Where these numbers come from
GitHub: jetbrains/thinkrail. Site rank: thinkrail.ai on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: thinkrail.ai, github.com.