Introducing STS
STS (Shared Tools for your Secure and Smart Work) is an initiative by JetBrains that is designed to bring together existing IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm functionality, allowing you to develop with confidence in a secure environment while leveraging the benefits of the JetBrains ecosystem. This means seamless integration with lots of other tools, especially JetBrains’ own services, such as Git, TeamCity, PhpStorm and AppCode.
STS doesn’t replace any of the existing tools you are using for development, but rather offers the opportunity to combine the power of IntelliJ and PyCharm in a single unified tool environment. You can see what STS provides in the tool preview below.
STS is available as an Eclipse-based and a regular IntelliJ edition. It will also be available for Atom this year.
How to install STS 2019
In order to install STS 2019 you will need the Java SDK. You can either download the JDK from Oracle, or follow the directions to get the pre-built.jdk file for your operating system (Windows, Linux, Mac) here.
Alternatively, you can download the Java SDK for Eclipse from the link above. Please note that Eclipse is only supported for STS 2019 as a regular edition. If you have the STS 2019 Community edition, STS 2019 Community Edition for Eclipse (Eclipse Marketplace) will be added later on in this article.
A manual installation of STS 2019 is also possible. It is described on the official website and I will be adding more information in this article.
STS 2019 for Windows
To start with STS 2019 in Windows, double-click stssetup.exe.
For the Eclipse-based STS 2019 edition, just click the “Install” button. The STS 2019 is then launched.
For the regular STS 2019 edition, please double-click stssetup.exe and follow the wizard that will be displayed.
Before you start, it is necessary to install at least Eclipse for Java Developers (JDT) from That version of Eclipse has been selected for STS 2019 as the main version.
Once the installer has finished, STS 2019 should appear in the main Eclipse menu
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