Rider

About Rider

Rider is a cross-platform integrated development environment from JetBrains for .NET and game development, running on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It supports the .NET technology stack including C#, F#, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, and Razor, as well as native app frameworks such as MAUI, Avalonia, WPF, and WinForms. It also targets game engines including Unity, Unreal Engine, and Godot, and adds support for Android, iOS, and Mac Catalyst development.

The IDE offloads code analysis to a separate process to reduce UI freezes and input delays, and provides code inspections, refactoring suggestions, debugging, unit testing, NuGet package management, version control integration, and cloud service integration with providers such as AWS and Azure. It includes AI features such as code completion, next-edit suggestions, and access to multiple AI models (including Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Grok) or locally hosted models, along with support for AI agents including Junie and GitHub Copilot.

Rider is free for non-commercial use. It is also available as part of dotUltimate, a bundle that adds ReSharper, ReSharper C++, dotCover, dotTrace, dotMemory, and dotPeek under a single license. JetBrains states its tools are SOC 2 certified. The product is aimed at individual .NET and game developers as well as businesses seeking a unified toolkit across those workflows.

Key features

• Cross-platform .NET and game development IDE for Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Supports .NET, ASP.NET Core, MAUI, Unity, Unreal Engine, and Godot development
• Natively integrated AI with Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, or local models
• Hundreds of smart code inspections and quality suggestions
• Advanced debugging, unit testing, and NuGet package management
• Offloads code analysis to a separate process for a responsive UI

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