JetBrains Plugin Marketplace Scraper — IntelliJ, PyCharm, and More

The first and only Apify actor targeting plugins.jetbrains.com — the official store for IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, Rider, PhpStorm, RubyMine, CLion, DataGrip, and Android Studio plugins. Pull download counts, ratings, vendor info, pricing model, IDE compatibility, and version data for the full catalog of ~10,000 plugins. No authentication required.

What does the JetBrains Plugin Marketplace Scraper do?

The scraper hits JetBrains' public Marketplace REST API across three modes: full catalog listing with optional filters, keyword search, or single-plugin detail by ID. The catalog is sortable by downloads (default), rating, name, update date, or featured status. Filters are available for pricing model (FREE, PAID, FREEMIUM) and tag (e.g. AI, Code tools, Theme).

Full catalog runs (~10,000 plugins) complete in 60–90 minutes with default politeness delays. For a sample of the top 500 most-downloaded plugins, set maxItems: 500 and sort: downloads — this completes in under 5 minutes.

What data does it extract?

Field	Type	Description
plugin_id	number	JetBrains plugin numeric ID
name	string	Plugin display name
xml_id	string	Reverse-DNS plugin ID (e.g. org.intellij.plugins.markdown)
downloads	number	Total download count
rating	number	Average user rating (1–5)
pricing_model	string	FREE, PAID, or FREEMIUM
has_source	boolean	Whether the plugin has an open-source repository
cdate	number	Plugin creation/update date (epoch milliseconds)
vendor_name	string	Vendor display name
vendor_organization	string	Vendor organization (if any)
vendor_email	string	Vendor contact email (when publicly listed)
vendor_url	string	Vendor website URL
vendor_is_verified	boolean	JetBrains-verified vendor flag
vendor_is_trader	boolean	Registered trader flag
tags	string[]	Plugin tags (e.g. AI, Code tools, Theme)
compatible_products	string[]	Compatible IDE product codes (IDEA, PYCHARM, WEBSTORM, etc.)
version	string	Latest version string
version_since_build	string	Minimum compatible IDE build number
version_until_build	string	Maximum compatible IDE build number
description_html	string	Full plugin description (HTML)
icon_url	string	Plugin icon URL
preview_image_url	string	Plugin banner/preview image URL
plugin_url	string	Plugin marketplace URL
source_url	string	Source code repository URL
bugtracker_url	string	Issue tracker URL

How to use it

Top 500 most-downloaded plugins (under 5 minutes):

{
  "mode": "catalog",
  "sort": "downloads",
  "maxItems": 500
}

All AI-tagged free plugins:

{
  "mode": "catalog",
  "tag": "AI",
  "pricingModel": "FREE",
  "maxItems": 0
}

Keyword search:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "query": "git",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Single plugin by ID:

{
  "mode": "plugin_detail",
  "pluginId": "9525"
}

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	catalog	catalog, search, or plugin_detail
query	string	""	Keyword for search mode
pluginId	string	""	Numeric plugin ID for plugin_detail mode
pricingModel	string	all	FREE, PAID, or FREEMIUM
tag	string	""	Filter by tag (e.g. AI, Code tools)
sort	string	downloads	downloads, rating, name, updated, or featured
maxItems	integer	10	Max plugins. 0 = unlimited (~10,000).

Use cases

• VC and analyst intelligence — Export the full catalog sorted by downloads, then filter for plugins with 100k+ downloads that have an active source_url. Those are the acquisition targets: high-traction tools in the IntelliJ ecosystem with demonstrated developer adoption.

• Developer tool market research — Track download trends, rating distributions, and category growth across 10,000+ plugins to understand where developer tooling investment is concentrated.

• Competitive analysis — Compare your plugin's download count and rating trajectory against direct competitors in the same compatible_products and tags intersection.

• IDE extension discovery — Build curated lists of top-rated or trending plugins by IDE (filter compatible_products CONTAINS 'PYCHARM') and tag.

• Pricing model analysis — Compare the pricing_model distribution across categories to understand whether AI or code-tools plugins skew paid, freemium, or free.

FAQ

Is authentication required? No. The JetBrains Plugin Marketplace REST API is fully public.

Is vendor_email always populated? No. Vendor email is only returned when the vendor has opted in to showing it publicly on the marketplace.

What export formats are available? Apify supports JSON, CSV, and Excel export from the dataset view.