# JetBrains Junie 35 Hacker News commenters recommended JetBrains Junie and 29 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months. **Verdict:** Recommended for an IDE-integrated agent that works well out of the box and is cheap or included with subscriptions. Critics cite few curated models and quotas running out. ## Why people recommend it - Good results out of the box (6 comments): "Their coding agent "Junie" is actually really good. The problem is they force you through only a few curated models." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49978000)) "it banged out something in just a few minutes that basically worked after the second prompt" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46527561)) "Result, fairly clean code, very attractive and responsive UI, all requirements met." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46721215)) - Cheap or included with subscriptions (4 comments): "comes with their Junie coding agent which includes some free tokens to cover my coding needs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47856699)) "I get quite good consistent results for pretty cheap with this combo." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47865734)) "It's cheap, very fast and most importantly actually listens to you." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48057234)) - Integrated in JetBrains IDE (3 comments): "having everything just work in a nice IDE (and llm to actually understand your symbol table) is like magic." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47857808)) "For real coding I use Junie because I'm a Jetbrains enthusiast" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46888528)) "I use Junie because it is integrated with my favorite IDE" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46447653)) - Can swap between models (3 comments): "I enjoyed it a lot early on. In particular it didn’t have all the confusing and anxiety inducing options that other agents have to use more expensive or less expensive models" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49977736)) "Using something else (like Junie) I can swap and try models from multiple vendors." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49834798)) "Used Junie with a few different LLM providers and seemed to work OK" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50098343)) ## What people warn about - Unreliable, goes in circles (4 comments): "I used Junie when it first came out and it was okay but unreliable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47905479)) "On the other hand it is sometimes "lights on and nobody home"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46314839)) "it doesn't seem to be listening to you or is going in circles" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46477896)) - Limited quota, poor value (3 comments): "it seemed fine, but not compelling enough to even spend the free usage I get" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49977899)) "No idea why they thought they can compete with frontier AI labs on that, it's entirely waste of money" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49978621)) "Junie is mediocre at best, and their AI plan's quota runs out in 3 days." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50003917)) - Installation and setup friction (2 comments): "Sounds great, but I came here to complain about the installation script" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49431957)) "I got Junie CLI on my M4 Mac but did NOT get the local model installed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50136675)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Amp coding agent](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amp.md): 50 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://junie.jetbrains.com/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "JetBrains Junie", https://hackerapproved.com/p/junie/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).