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RubyMine vs CLion

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

RubyMine

8.0
Developer Tools

Ruby on Rails IDE

CLion

8.0
Developer Tools

C and C++ IDE

Metric RubyMine CLion
Category Developer Tools Developer Tools
AI Score 8.0 8.0
30-day Installs 84 267
90-day Installs 260 777
365-day Installs 1.3K 3.9K
Version 2026.1.1,261.23567.142 2026.1.1,261.23567.135
Auto-updates Yes Yes
Deprecated No No
GitHub Stars 130 171
GitHub Forks 29 31
Open Issues 19 -
License MIT NOASSERTION
Language Kotlin Java
Last GitHub Commit 8y ago 7y ago
First Seen Oct 15, 2012 Aug 9, 2023

Reviews

RubyMine

RubyMine is a specialized IDE for Ruby on Rails development, offering robust features like RuboCop integration and being free for non-commercial use. It benefits developers and small teams working on Ruby projects.

Provides an integrated development environment for Ruby and Rails projects, including coding, debugging, and code analysis.

Pros

  • + Free for non-commercial use
  • + Comprehensive Ruby on Rails IDE
  • + RuboCop integration for code quality
  • + Credibility from JetBrains

Cons

  • - Low GitHub activity
  • - Persistent RuboCop integration issues

CLion

CLion is a powerful C and C++ IDE from JetBrains, now free for non-commercial use. It offers intelligent code editing, debugging, and supports tools like CMake and OpenOCD, making it ideal for developers seeking a robust development environment.

CLion provides a comprehensive integrated development environment for C and C++ programming.

Pros

  • + Rich feature set for C/C++ development
  • + Free for non-commercial use
  • + Supports CMake and OpenOCD

Cons

  • - Low GitHub activity
  • - Java-based, potentially resource-intensive