Intellij Spring Initializr not available

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I'm using Intellij IDE to code spring Boot.

Spring Initializr was not available for me in the new project option as in.

http://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2015/03/develop-spring-boot-applications-more-productively-with-intellij-idea-14-1/

Below you can find the screenshot of my IDE. Please let me know what am i missing here?

Use this link:- https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/Use+Maven+In+Intellij+IDEA — SaviNuclear, Sep 09 '15 at 10:13

score 176 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 15 '16 at 09:47

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Although the asker here used IntelliJ Ultimate here, I'd like to point out that the Spring Initializer is only available in the ultimate edition, not in the community edition. If you are using the community version, there is no way to enable the Spring plugin here.

answered Jul 15 '16 at 09:47

Dark.Passenger

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So how do you start a spring boot project? – shinzou Sep 12 '18 at 15:16
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@shinzou I think the only way to do it is either command line or https://start.spring.io/ (see Chris' answer). – Sid Holland Jan 29 '19 at 05:02
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No, we can use Spring Assistant plugin in IDEA CE, to do the same. – Indrajeet Gour Feb 24 '19 at 04:28
have installed community. now downloaded ultimate. thanks – anand krish Dec 21 '20 at 16:50
Thanks for that, I did not knew it and was looking for the plugin for a while – 27px Jan 13 '21 at 04:47

score 83 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '16 at 17:04

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If you only have IntelliJ IDEA CE then you can still create Spring Boot applications. First generate your project directory using https://start.spring.io and then import into IntelliJ IDEA and off you go.

answered Sep 12 '16 at 17:04

Chris

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The missing step: Unzip the downloaded project somewhere, then import from the "build.gradle" file (presume this works fine with pom.xml as well) – trevorsky Oct 02 '18 at 15:28
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No, just check we have Spring Assistant for IDEA CE now – Indrajeet Gour Feb 24 '19 at 04:27
There is no run configuration set to run the project generated from start.spring.io. Not able to find an example for that too. Could you point to helpful resource? – Murtaza Haji Nov 14 '20 at 22:25

score 72 · Accepted Answer · edited May 10 '18 at 08:00

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Please verify "Spring Boot" plugin is enabled.

In File > Settings > Plugins, you will probably find the Plugin unselected:

(The above a screenshot of Intellij IDEA 2018.1 Ultimate)

edited May 10 '18 at 08:00

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answered Sep 09 '15 at 10:00

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Would be nice to mention this in the documentation ( https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/spring.html#spring-boot ) – Andrei Damian-Fekete Jan 20 '18 at 11:43
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Btw you need to enable `Spring Boot` AND `Spring MVC`. – Yar Jun 12 '18 at 21:00
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No, we can use Spring Assistant plugin in IDEA CE, to do the same. – Indrajeet Gour Feb 24 '19 at 04:28

score 69 · Answer 4 · edited May 13 '20 at 03:30

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I know this post is old, but this might help someone.

Spring Assistant is a plugin available for IntelliJ IDEA CE which has a spring framework integration for creating Spring Boot Projects.

https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/10229-spring-assistant

Here is how it looks in IDEA IntelliJ editor

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answered Mar 22 '18 at 06:03

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Appears to be a reimplementation/clone. Seems to get the job done. – Brent Bradburn Mar 30 '18 at 14:16
Thanks. It helped me. I was starting to think that only the Ultimate Edition had Spring support and that I'd have to only rely on the Spring Initializr website. – nocdib Jan 10 '20 at 16:13
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Unfortunately, the plugin that served part of the idea/spring community, stopped maintaining. I took the liberty of creating a fork, we fixed bugs and added new features. the same can be found directly in the search for Intellij or in the marketplace. [Spring Initializr and Assistant](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/18622-spring-initializr-and-assistant) – Elton Sandré Apr 01 '22 at 22:21

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 28 '20 at 15:07

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Now Intilij Community edition is supporting the spring initilizer by plugin Spring Assistant. Install Spring Assistant in plugin section. This plugin will help you to call spring initializer for project creation.

to Install Spring Assistant go to plugin and search Spring select "Spring Assistant"

answered Nov 28 '20 at 15:07

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plugin banned in idea CE – Shashi Jan 27 '22 at 04:11
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Unfortunately, the plugin that served part of the idea/spring community, stopped maintaining. I took the liberty of creating a fork, we fixed bugs and added new features. the same can be found directly in the search for Intellij or in the marketplace. [spring-initializr-and-assistant](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/18622-spring-initializr-and-assistant) – Elton Sandré Mar 29 '22 at 14:55

score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 27 '21 at 14:32

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For Mac OS - Intellij - Refer below Navigation to add Plugins :

Intelij IDEA>>Preference>>Plugins>>Search Spring & install Spring tool & Assistance

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 31 '19 at 07:30

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Adding screenshot from latest 2019.2 IDEA Ultimate Edition:

Go to File -> Settings -> Plugins
search for spring boot under Installed plugins list
Press the Enable button
Restart IDE

answered Oct 31 '19 at 07:30

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Sundeep · Answer 8 · 2021-04-12T04:55:42.420

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Go to File -> Setting -> Plugins -> https://i.stack.imgur.com/aGYpE.png Here Displaying MarketPlace And Installed, -> click on installed search for spring assistant https://i.stack.imgur.com/FF4xd.png click on checkbox and click on ok-> intellij automatically ask restart the ide. Click on restart. After this spring assistant display while creating spring boot application

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answered Apr 12 '21 at 04:49

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Chintan Mangukiya · Answer 9 · 2020-05-10T13:28:54.443

I am using IntelliJ IDEA 2019.3 CE and I don't see Spring or Spring Boot options in plugin. Spring Assistant plugin is available but it's not fully featured like native plugins.

For example application.properties auto completion will not work. There is no styling. All is grayed out.
In Facets, there is no option to choose Spring to mark it Spring Boot.

I download spring boot project from start.spring.io and use it in IntelliJ IDEA 2019.3 CE with limited features. I think all nice to have features of Spring/Spring Boot are now only part of IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate edition. See comparison.

Spring Assistant plugin can help to generate new app as a start without leaving IntelliJ IDEA CE which is good.

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 28 '20 at 07:23

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In intellij idea navigate to the File-> Settings. In the Plugins section search for Spring Assistant. Then install the Spring Assistant plugin.

Then restart the intellij idea and create the spring boot application.

answered Nov 28 '20 at 07:23

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Shreyansh Jain · Answer 11 · 2023-03-17T12:55:53.363

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As of April 2022, the name of plugin is Spring Initializr and Assistant (works for IntelliJ IDEA 2021.3.1 Community Edition).

UPDATE: Starting 2022.4.3 , its been renamed to Spring Boot Helper and needs you to buy license (see the image attached).

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answered Apr 16 '22 at 22:48

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any idea about 2022.3.2 release? – Suresh Mar 16 '23 at 02:52
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@Suresh I think its changed in the recent versions - currently requires you to buy license. Updated the answer. – Shreyansh Jain Mar 17 '23 at 12:53

Usama Iqbal · Answer 12 · 2022-09-05T14:25:56.280

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Settings > Plugin > Spring Boot helper

Install this plugin and use it for 1 month trail.(This seems to be the working option as I tried)

[Plugin - Spring Boot Helper]]1

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answered Sep 05 '22 at 14:24

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This gives an impression of "buy and use this commercial thing" and might not be perceived as a helpful answer. – Yunnosch Sep 05 '22 at 14:29

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Aug 11 '20 at 04:43

I know this is a late entry, but I'm hoping it might help somebody. I have IntelliJ Ultimate and had all of the Spring plugins enabled after installing the application. When I tried to create a Spring Boot project, Spring Initializer was not in my list of options just like the OP's problem.

I didn't find a solution here so I went to File -> Settings -> Plugins and tried disabling my Spring Boot plugin and restarting. Then I re-enabled Spring Boot and restarted and voila I now have the Spring Initializer available in the New Project Wizard.

score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Jan 14 '23 at 07:31

January 2023, in the 2022.3.1 version of Intelijj idea, spring assistant continues to work (it has a certain bug in the interface). At least in what I'm testing, it creates the project and correctly installs the dependencies that I indicate

This is the repository of the latest version they released on git:

https://github.com/cheng6563/intellij-spring-assistant.git

This is the link to the page:

https://github.com/cheng6563/intellij-spring-assistant

The version of this Spring Assistant is v1.0.6

https://github.com/cheng6563/intellij-spring-assistant/releases

I hope my comment works for someone (sorry for any grammatical errors or wrong words; I'm using google translate to help people who need what I do)

score -1 · Answer 15 · answered Jul 30 '20 at 12:26

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Though the user asked about the ultimate version its good to know that community version provides a plugin called Spring Assistant plugin which guides to a spring boot project.

File-> Settings -> Spring Assistant
Then restart the IDE Then,
File-> New -> Project -> Spring Assistant

answered Jul 30 '20 at 12:26

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spring assistant will help to suggest annotations in code – Suresh Mar 16 '23 at 02:50

score -1 · Answer 16 · answered Apr 08 '21 at 07:15

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If you don't see the spring plugins available in the list, make sure to click on marketplace at the top center. By default, you see the installed plugins only.

answered Apr 08 '21 at 07:15

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This answer is of no use to anyone. Don't give generalized statements. – Suresh Jan 07 '23 at 17:40
@Suresh I made this mistake myself, searching for a plugin in this page. The button I am mentioning is not visible at first sight and noone mentioned this before. – Christophe Mar 14 '23 at 21:39

score -2 · Answer 17 · answered Sep 22 '18 at 13:53

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In Intellij Go To

File > Settings > Plugins,

Search "Spring" And Check All plugin Started With Spring Then Restart intellij

answered Sep 22 '18 at 13:53

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