intellij-powershell [![JetBrains Plugins][badge-plugins]][plugin-repository]
July 19, 2026 · View on GitHub
Adds PowerShell language support to IntelliJ-based IDEs.
Usage:
Install the plugin from IDE or download it from IntelliJ plugins repository and choose to install from disk.
Features
Editor:
- Syntax highlighting.
- Code completion based on PowerShellEditorServices.
- PSScriptAnalyzer code checker inspections in Editor.
- Language Injections in strings.
- Colors and Fonts customization.
- Code style and reformat.
- Live templates (code snippets).
Refactoring
Navigation
- Variables and declared types reference resolve and find usages.
- Structure view.
Execution
- Run Configuration.
- Script debugging.
- Integrated PowerShell Console (Tools | PowerShell Console... action).
- Remote files editing with 'psedit' command in the integrated PowerShell console (see psedit support).
Settings
The PowerShell run configuration uses the selected terminal encoding (UTF-8 by default).
Open Advanced settings and look for Terminal character encoding if you want to change that.
Third-Party Software
This plugin bundles the following third-party software:
Documentation
License
The project is distributed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license (unless a particular file states otherwise).
The license indication in the project's sources is compliant with the REUSE specification v3.3.
Copyright:
- 2017-2022 Andrey Dernov https://github.com/ant-druha/
- 2017 Guillaume Tâche
- 2017-2018 intellij-lsp contributors https://github.com/gtache/intellij-lsp
- 2019-2026 intellij-powershell contributors https://github.com/intellij-powershell/intellij-powershell
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.