DataGrip 2025.1 Help

Terminal

In DataGrip, you can enable a terminal emulator for working with your command-line shell from inside the IDE. Use it to run Git commands, set file permissions, and perform other command-line tasks without switching to a dedicated terminal application.

Install the Terminal plugin

This functionality relies on the Terminal plugin, which you need to install and enable.

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open settings and then select Plugins.

  2. Open the Marketplace tab, find the Terminal plugin, and click Install (restart the IDE if prompted).

Initially, the terminal emulator runs with your default system shell, but it supports many other shells, such as Windows PowerShell, Command Prompt cmd.exe, sh, bash, zsh, csh, and so on. For more information about changing the shell, refer to Terminal settings.

Open the Terminal tool window

  • Go to View | Tool Windows | Terminal or press Alt+F12.

    By default, the terminal emulator runs with the current directory set to the root directory of the current project. For more information about changing the default start directory, refer to Terminal settings.

  • Right-click any file (for example, in the Files tool window Alt+2 or any open editor tab) and select Open in | Terminal to open the Terminal tool window with a new session in the directory of that file.

Start a new local session

  • To start a new session in a separate tab, click the Add button on the toolbar.

    New session in the terminal

To run multiple sessions inside a tab, right-click the tab and select Split Right or Split Down in the context menu.

The Terminal saves tabs and sessions when you close the project or DataGrip. It preserves tab names, the current working directory, and even the shell history.

To close a tab, click the Close button on the Terminal toolbar.

Press Alt+Right and Alt+Left to switch between active tabs. Alternatively, you can press Alt+Down to see the list of all terminal tabs.

Rename terminal tab

  • Right-click the tab and select Rename Session from the context menu.

  • To search for a certain string in a terminal session, press Ctrl+F. This searches all text in the session: the prompt, commands, and output.

By default, the search is not case-sensitive. You can click the Match Case icon Match case in the search field to make it case-sensitive.

Configure the terminal emulator

  • Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open settings and then select Tools | Terminal.

  • Alternatively, click on the Terminal toolbar and select Settings.

For more information, refer to Terminal settings.

Select Terminal engine

There are currently three terminal engines in DataGrip:

  • Classic. This is our standard terminal emulator, built on the JediTerm library, with user input (commands and keystrokes) sent directly to the underlying shell.

  • Experimental 2024 (deprecated). This terminal (known as New Terminal in DataGrip 2024.*) integrated advanced IDE features, such as autocompletion and AI capabilities. However, it also introduced compatibility challenges, and as a result, it has been deprecated. Selecting this terminal engine will be available only to those who enabled it in DataGrip 2024.*. You can find the documentation for it in the earlier version of DataGrip Help.

  • Reworked 2025 (Beta). This is currently a work in progress aimed at ensuring better performance and compatibility with classic CLI behavior.

  1. Open the Terminal tool window: View | Tool Windows | Terminal.

  2. In the tool window header, click Options and select a terminal engine.

    Terminal Select Engine

    Alternatively, open the IDE settings (Ctrl+Alt+S) and go to Tools | Terminal | Terminal engine.

Last modified: 17 April 2025