Documentation

Read installation steps, feature guides, changelog and disclaimer for the plugin.

What is Intellij Spring Initializr?

Intellij Spring Initializr is a powerful development assistant plugin focused on improving the development efficiency of Spring Boot applications. It provides core functions such as rapid project construction and configuration file completion, helping developers reduce repetitive work and focus on the implementation of business logic. Both beginners and experienced developers can benefit from this tool and accelerate the development process

Why choose Intellij Spring Initializr?

  • Spring Boot project construction - Quickly create standardized Spring Boot projects, support multi-version selection and dependency management
  • YAML configuration completion - Provide completion and suggestion functions for YAML configuration files, improve configuration efficiency
  • Properties configuration support - Provide completion and suggestion functions for configuration files in Properties format, simplify the configuration process

Installation steps:

To start using Intellij Spring Initializr, please follow these steps:

  1. Download the latest version
  2. Install locally. Open Settings - Plugins - Click Install from disk
  3. After the installation is complete, check if it exists in the installed list. If it exists and is not grayed out, it means the installation is successful. You can open a yml file for testing. If it doesn't work, you can restart IntelliJ IDEA and try again
  4. Since it is not published on the plugin marketplace, after the installation is complete, opening a .yml file will prompt you to apply a plugin. Click Cancel to stop the prompt; otherwise, it will download an existing plugin from the plugin marketplace, making this plugin unavailable
  5. Enter a prefix and it will automatically prompt you. Select the value you need to complete the input

Download latest v2026.1.1

Change Log

  • v2026.1.1 2026-05-07 - Compatible with IDEA 2026.1 version
  • v2026.1.0 2026-05-06 - Compatible with IDEA 2026.1 version
  • v2025.3.0 2026-05-04 - Compatible with IDEA 2025.3 version

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