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Published: 2026-06-24 Category: Tooling

Designing a LuaAgent IDE on IDEA Community

How to build a LuaAgent-focused IDE by reusing the open-source IntelliJ IDEA Community codebase, keeping the product fork thin, and putting language intelligence into a controlled plugin and runtime bridge.

Published: 2026-06-24 Category: Tooling

LuaAgent IDE: IDEA Community Fork or IDEA Plugin?

A practical comparison of building LuaAgent tooling as an IntelliJ IDEA plugin versus a thin IDEA Community based IDE distribution, with tradeoffs, risks, and a recommended implementation sequence.