IntelliJ Apple Silicon Patch

IntelliJ IDEA is written in Java so it is a cross-platform IDE - meaning that you can use it on any platforms that Java works.

This patch helps you to transform your Intel IntelliJ application to Apple Silicon native by replacing its Intel-only files with the files built for Apple Silicon.

NOTE: Some functions, plugins, and native bindings wouldn't work with this way. This is just a temporary workaround.

NOTE: Prebuilt binaries

I've created the following prebuilt binaries because compiling these files require hard work:

• Launcher (idea) from intellij-community
• Libjnidispatch (libjnidispatch.jnilib) from JNA

How to build (if you want)

You can build the binaries above if you suspect the prebuilt binaries that I've built are such malformed or dangerous:

JNA

You may have to do this on Intel-based Macs, and have the following packages installed:

• automake
• autoconf
• ant

Then,

1. Clone https://github.com/fkistner/jna, and checkout the darwin_arm64 branch
2. Replace all the "ffi.h" with <ffi/ffi.h>
3. Run ant native -Ddynlink.native=true -Dbuild.os.arch=aarch64 to build native libs
4. Open jna/build and extract darwin.jar to get libjnidispatch.dylib

Launcher

1. Clone https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community
2. Build native/MacLauncher

Guide

I'll assume you have already installed XCode command line tools.

First of all you need to download the lastest version of IntelliJ.

1. Clone this repository.
2. Put "IntelliJ IDEA.app" to the cloned directory. The directory should look like:
3. Run ./make.bash "./IntelliJ Idea.app".
   • It will ask password several times during the work.
4. Check IntelliJ works properly.

TIP: Scrolling performance

If you feel like the scrolling is too slow you should simply turn off Antialiasing for Code Editor.