JetBrains ReSharper
Hacker ApprovedRefactoring tool in Developer tools
Developers recommend it for stronger code inspections and refactoring than built-in analysis in Visual Studio and Rider. Common caveat: it can slow the IDE down.
Developers recommend it for stronger code inspections and refactoring than built-in analysis in Visual Studio and Rider. Common caveat: it can slow the IDE down.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 81%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 4.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Stronger inspections and refactoring
“includes Resharper by default, giving you access to a bunch more powerful inspections and refactoring”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “.NET 10” “the coding/refactoring support (Resharper et al) and general quality and integration of tooling”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “.NET 10” “ReSharper ... is just so much better than Roslyn-based analysis”
Comment from 20 May 2026 in “No More JetBrains Products for Me” Integrated into Visual Studio and Rider
“even VS gets enhanced by ReSharper... which is a JetBrains product”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “JetBrains cancels Fleet” “ReSharper with Visual Studio was a mainstay for me from 2008-2020”
Comment from 13 Nov 2025 in “.NET 10” “I started out using ReSharper in Visual Studio”
Comment from 23 Sep 2026 in “JetBrains Air: A System of Products for Agentic Software Development” - Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “.NET 10”
Wanted on Linux alongside Rider
“I just want Resharper and something that works reliably on Linux.”
Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “.NET 10” “Rider and its ReSharper backend is fucking black magic”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Claude Corps”
What people said
17 of the 19 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it’s mostly R# slowing it down”
“would enable us to use ReSharper, which at least brought us on par with IntelliJ IDEA circa 2003”
“I started out using ReSharper in Visual Studio”
“It sees very little investment ever since they introduced Rider.”
“promised similar, delivered half”
“Rider and its ReSharper backend is fucking black magic”
“ReSharper ... is just so much better than Roslyn-based analysis”
“My employer doesn't even want me using ReSharper”
“Resharper and clang-tidy still have more value than all LLMs”
“They are far less work than a prompt, faster, can be shared in the project or team”
“allowed and enabled developers to get their own business running - see jetbrains resharper functionality”
“even VS gets enhanced by ReSharper... which is a JetBrains product”
“ReSharper with Visual Studio was a mainstay for me from 2008-2020”
“Much better UX and integrated ReSharper.”
“I just want Resharper and something that works reliably on Linux.”
“the coding/refactoring support (Resharper et al) and general quality and integration of tooling”
“includes Resharper by default, giving you access to a bunch more powerful inspections and refactoring”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.