Can I promote my product here?
No. The rule “No spamming, trolling, or advertising.” bans advertising, so any post that reads as promotion gets removed.
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r/Jetbrains rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/Jetbrains: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 38,212
- Verified
- October 20, 2026
- Category
- Technical product and developer communities
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- No spamming, trolling, or advertising.: No spamming, trolling, or advertising.
- Keep all content in English.: Keep all content in English.
- No personal attacks, harassment, or doxxing.: No personal attacks, harassment, or doxxing.
- No NSFW content.: No NSFW content.
- Don't post unrelated content.: Don't post unrelated content.
- No discussion of piracy shall take place here.: No discussion of piracy shall take place here.
- No discussion of (re)selling licenses shall take place here.: No discussion of (re)selling licenses shall take place here.
- AI-related posts must use the AI flair always.: AI-related posts must use the AI flair always.
Works well
- A plain question about how a JetBrains product behaves in a specific setup, written in English with no links attached.
- A short writeup of a workflow problem you solved with an IDE feature, framed as your own experience and open for discussion.
- A genuine comparison question where you ask which JetBrains tool fits a task and say what you have already tried.
- An AI-related post about coding assistants that carries the AI flair in the title or flair field.
- A bug report or reproducible issue shared as text, which the community can actually dig into.
- A comment that helps someone else solve their problem first, so your name means something before you ever start a thread.
Avoid
- Posting an announcement about your own product, because “No spamming, trolling, or advertising.” treats it as advertising.
- Dropping a link with no discussion around it, which reads as spam under rule one.
- Posting about AI without the AI flair, the exact removal reason named in the moderator one-liner.
- Writing a post in another language, which breaks “Keep all content in English.”.
- Starting a thread about anything unrelated to JetBrains, which breaks “Don't post unrelated content.”.
- Mentioning cracked versions or key sharing, banned outright by “No discussion of piracy shall take place here.”.
What r/Jetbrains Is For
This community is for anything and everything relating to JetBrains, their products and projects. That means the people here use or care about JetBrains tools, and they come to talk about those tools, ask questions, and share how they work with them. The rules keep the room focused, so posts need to stay connected to JetBrains and its products. Everything must be in English, and the tone is a normal developer community, not a marketplace.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rule that decides most marketing outcomes is “No spamming, trolling, or advertising.”, because it bans advertising outright, so a post that reads like a pitch is gone before anyone reads it. “Don't post unrelated content.” matters next, since anything not tied to JetBrains and its products gets removed. “Keep all content in English.” is simple but real, and posts in other languages do not survive. “AI-related posts must use the AI flair always.” is the easy one to miss, because even a welcome topic gets removed if the flair is missing. “No discussion of piracy shall take place here.” and “No discussion of (re)selling licenses shall take place here.” are hard walls, and a founder talking about licenses or keys in any commercial way trips them. The moderator one-liner confirms the pattern: spam, off-topic posts, piracy, license sales, and AI posts without the correct flair all get removed.
What To Post
A good post here looks like a real user talking to other users. Ask a specific question about a JetBrains product, share a workflow you figured out, or describe a problem you hit and how you worked around it. Write everything in English. If your post touches AI in any way, use the AI flair every time, because the moderators remove AI posts that skip it. If you are a founder, the honest play is to show up as a user first, answer other people's questions, and only mention your own product when it genuinely helps the thread. Keep any link out of the picture unless you have watched the community accept links, because the evidence does not tell us either way.
What To Avoid
Do not advertise, and do not dress an ad up as a question, because rule one kills it. Do not post in another language. Do not attack anyone. Do not post anything not safe for work. Do not drift off topic, because anything not about JetBrains and its products falls under “Don't post unrelated content.”. Never bring up piracy, because “No discussion of piracy shall take place here.” gives it no room at all. Never discuss buying or selling licenses, because “No discussion of (re)selling licenses shall take place here.” bans that too, and this one catches founders who offer discounts or resale deals without thinking. And never post about AI without the AI flair, because that is the one mistake the moderator one-liner calls out by name.
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Common questions about r/Jetbrains
Can I post a link to my blog or tool?
The evidence does not say whether links are allowed, so treat links as risky and only post one if it is clearly welcome and not promotional.
I want to post about an AI coding feature. What do I need?
Use the AI flair, always. The rule “AI-related posts must use the AI flair always.” means an AI post without the flair gets removed even if the content is fine.
Can I offer discounted licenses or a group buy?
No. “No discussion of (re)selling licenses shall take place here.” bans any talk of reselling licenses, so skip this entirely.
Can I ask where to find a free license key?
No. “No discussion of piracy shall take place here.” removes piracy talk, and asking for keys falls under it.
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