Name: Rider
Author: JetBrains

Incredible .NET IDE with the power of ReSharper! Rider is used across our entire dev team using Windows and macOS.

Derek Comartin
Director of Engineering, Full Circle TMS

What is Rider?

JetBrains Rider is a cross-platform .NET IDE based on the IntelliJ platform and ReSharper.

Supports many .NET project types

Rider supports .NET Framework, the new cross-platform .NET Core, and Mono-based projects. This lets you develop a wide range of applications including .NET desktop applications, services and libraries, Unity games, Xamarin apps, ASP.NET, and ASP.NET Core web applications.

Feature-rich and fast

Rider provides 2200+ live code inspections, hundreds of context actions and refactorings brought by ReSharper, and combines them with the IntelliJ platform's solid IDE features. Despite a heavy feature set, Rider is designed to be fast and responsive.

Cross-platform

As well as running and debugging multiple runtimes, Rider itself runs on multiple platforms: Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Features

Code analysis

Rider boasts 2,200+ live code inspections, with automated quick-fixes to resolve detected issues individually or in bulk. Solution-wide error analysis will monitor code issues and let you know if anything goes wrong, even in files that are not currently open.

Code editing

Rider's rich editor features different kinds of code completion and code templates, auto-inserting matching braces and import directives, quick info tooltips and gutter icons for inheritance navigation, context actions, and much more.

Refactorings

Most of ReSharper's 60+ refactorings are already available in Rider, and its 450+ context actions are all there. Rename, extract methods, interfaces and classes, move and copy types, use alternative syntax, and a lot more!

Unit test runner

Rider helps you run and debug unit tests based on NUnit, xUnit.net, or MSTest. You can explore tests, group them in different ways, break them down into individual sessions, see test output and navigate to source code from stack traces.

Debugger and more tools

Rider includes a debugger that works with .NET Framework, Mono and .NET Core applications, letting you step, watch, evaluate, and run to cursor. Other tools include a stack trace explorer, NuGet browser, and VCS and database support.

Databases and SQL

Work with SQL and databases without leaving Rider. Connect to databases, edit schemas and table data, run queries, and even analyze schemas with UML diagrams.

Navigation and search

Jump to any file, type, or member in your code base instantly, as well as quickly find settings and actions. Find usages of any symbol, or navigate from a symbol to the base and derived symbols, extension methods, or implementations.

Front-end technologies

Rider comes with JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS and Sass support built in. Take advantage of the refactorings, debugging, and unit testing capabilities included from WebStorm.

Extensibility

True to its roots, Rider supports a wide array of plugins developed for ReSharper and IntelliJ Platform. In addition to the bundled plugins (such as those for VCS, F#, and Unity support), plugins that support Markdown, .gitignore files, and Python scripts are available.

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The Many Sides of Rider

Rider provides the power to productively develop a wide range of applications, including .NET desktop applications, services and libraries, Unity and Unreal Engine games, Xamarin apps, ASP.NET, and ASP.NET Core web applications, and more.

Rider for Unity

A smarter way to write C# for Unity

Rider for Unreal Engine

Smart C++ and Blueprints support to craft the best games

Rider for AWS

Develop on AWS with C# in Rider

Rider for Xamarin

The Professional IDE for Xamarin Developers

Rider for Web Development

A perfect tool for cross-platform ASP.NET development

What’s new in Rider

.NET 8 SDK support

Rider 2023.3 officially supports the .NET 8 SDK, including updated project templates, the ability to create, run, and debug projects targeting the new SDK, and much more.

Resume button for debugging

The Run button in the main toolbar has been replaced with a Resume button during debugging.

Multi-launch configurations

You can now run and debug multiple projects simultaneously with advanced control over task execution order and conditions.

UI Toolkit support for Unity

Rider 2023.3 will show where UI elements are used in UXML files, help you navigate from elements in UXML files to C# code, and provide code completion for UI elements in C# queries.

C# 12 support

Rider 2023.3 supports primary constructors, alias directives to reference any type, collection expressions, interceptors, and other C# 12 features.

Type dependency diagrams

Explore the relationships and dependencies between different classes, structs, interfaces, and modules in your solution through type dependency diagrams.

Predictive debugging

A new advanced debugging mode predicts potential issues in your code and alerts you to them without the need to execute the code.

Improved IDE performance

You can now choose between Low, Moderate, and High modes of resource utilization for solution-wide analysis.

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Customers

JetBrains Rider is the first tool I install after repaving my development machine.

I haven’t launched Visual Studio for months after I switched to JetBrains Rider.

Working with branches has never been so smooth since I started using JetBrains Rider.

Dennis Doomen,
Continuous Improver at Aviva Solutions and author of Fluent Assertions

JetBrains Rider is my C# development tool of choice these days on both OS X and Windows. If you’re a longstanding ReSharper user, you’ll find it to be an almost seamless transition. I highly recommend the developer-friendly keystroke navigation and fine grained debugger support.

Jeremy Miller

In Rider, I just focus on working with my code, as it should be, instead of fighting my IDE. Rider gave me back the joy in writing .NET code.

Frans Bouma,
lead developer, LLBLGen Pro

Switching to JetBrains Rider was a great decision. Our team has never experienced an IDE that can communicate with Unity in such a flawless and efficient manner. We would highly recommend JetBrains Rider to anyone who aims at improving the efficiency and accuracy of their workflows.

Thomas Weiss

An IDE can make or break a developer’s day. When JetBrains introduced Rider (C#) we jumped on board as fast as we could. Having been there at every step of the way in Unity’s evolution of IDE integrations; working with Rider has been nothing but an absolute joy. With the introduction of CLion (C++), we were so excited we created an integration plugin for Unreal. Both of these tools help our team on a daily basis, allowing developers to perform their tasks quickly and efficiently, all the while seamlessly integrating with numerous parts of our pipeline.

Matthew Davey

Really pleased with how well JetBrains Rider works on my MacBook. It’s blazingly fast and the debugging experience in C# is at least as good as Visual Studio. Also, it gives me all the benefits of ReSharper out of the box! Loving it. Thanks JetBrains for another great product!

Peter Kellner