Tools for documentarians & writers by @JetBrains. Write, test, build, and publish user guides, SDK docs, tutorials, how-toes, API references, and more.
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Dear friends,
with this release we are closing Writerside IDE - but giving you the free Writerside plugin to continue writing, building, and publishing documentation.
Details: jb.gg/wrs_no
Huge thanks to everyone who used, supported, and believed in Writerside 💜
Our favourite part of the “State of Docs” report from @GitBookIO ?
54% say docs generate as many leads as their marketing site -- while 39% don’t track anything at all. 🤷♀️
What stood out to you?
👉 stateofdocs.com/2025/
Friends at @GitBookIO are running The State of Docs survey -- use your voice to prove why docs matter!
💪 🤓
jb.gg/gb_stateofdocs
New Writerside plugin release is here! 🚀
- Set custom last modified dates in topics.
- Enable soft wraps in code blocks.
- Use custom titles for the 'See also' block and web summaries on starting pages.
Update via your IDE - or use JetBrains Marketplace
👉jb.gg/wrs_plg
The Writerside plugin remains free on JetBrains Marketplace, and you can continue using it with your JetBrains IDE: plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin…
💪Help shape the future of documentation
Spend 45 minutes with The Good Docs Project -- if you're involved in documenting a software project, they need your insights 🤓
More details in the blog post:
thegooddocsproject.dev/blog/…
💡Docs with semantic markup are not static - feed them to an LLM and they can suggest precise actions, like shortcuts or buttons to trigger IDE features. See how JetBrains used this in their AI Assistant. Kudos to
@flounder4130 for sharing! flounder.dev/posts/rag-seman…
Our partners @thegooddocs have just released
🥇 A new Changelog template
🥈 An updated Release Notes template
🥉 Improved template standardization
Use them now in Writerside:
👉 In the WRS tool window, click + → Topic from Template, et voilà!
jb.gg/tgdp
New Writerside Early Access release – with more goodness for content reuse 🚀
✂️ Dedicated view for snippet libraries
🗂️ Folders for topics in the Table of Contents
🛠️ Fixes for GitHub Action, API docs generation, XML schema, and more!
Download: jb.gg/writerside
JetBrains #AI #Assistant now understands Writerside! If you have a question about markup or a specific feature and have the JetBrains AI plugin, you can 👇
Ta-da! The new Writerside Early Access release is here 😎 Highlights:
- Code blocks (quick demo below!)
- API docs generation improvements
- PDF via builder
…and _much_ more! Full list here 👉jetbrains.com/help/writersid…
Including code snippets in docs? 🤓
Soon, you’ll be able to reference code outside the documentation module - just like this 👇
#nextEAP #SneakPeek
Join us on Nov 20 at @JetBrains #Berlin for a @WriteTheDocs meetup:
- Hear @_Unsolved_ Lana Novikova's talk on 'Beyond static docs: trends in documenting software'
- Discuss the future of docs tooling
- Mingle and network over beer and pizza! 🍻
👉 meetup.com/write-the-docs-be…
So happy to share that Kotlin docs have moved to Writerside — an environment where devs and tech writers create docs together in one place!
🚀 Writerside is teaming up with The Good Docs Project @thegooddocs to bring you a whole library of free, easy-to-use templates 🤓 📚
blog.jetbrains.com/writersid…
🎉 Writerside EAP 8 is live – with @thegooddocs The Good Docs Project templates, ability to ignore irrelevant build problems, completion for tooltips, chapter levels, and more. Plus, we fixed emoji rendering! 💪💪💪 #Writerside #EAP #DocumentationTools
jetbrains.com/writerside/dow… 👇
And while Lana @_Unsolved_ Novikova is presenting at #OSSummit, let's vote!
Documentation templates:
67%✅ Yes, we use them
33%❌ No it's a waste of time
3 votes • Final results
Nordic Tech Komm kicks off in beautiful Copenhagen today! Connect with Anna Gasparyan linkedin.com/in/anna-gaspary… for a friendly chat on the future of tech docs - and of course, #Writerside 🤓
Connecting developers and writers, creativity and consistency in docs - our own Lana @_Unsolved_ Novikova is going to present at #OSS Europe @linuxfoundation events.linuxfoundation.org/o… 😎
Come to say hello and ask anything about #Writerside - and using templates in documentation!
