Set up your IDE

There are two most popular IDEs for Move development: VSCode and IntelliJ IDEA. Both of them provide basic features like syntax highlighting and error messages, though they differ in their additional features. Whatever IDE you choose, you'll need to use the terminal to run the Move CLI.

IntelliJ Plugin does not support Move 2024 edition, some syntax won't get highlighted.

VSCode

• VSCode is a free and open source IDE from Microsoft.
• Move (Extension) is a language server extension for Move maintained by MystenLabs.
• Move Syntax a simple syntax highlighting extension for Move by Damir Shamanaev.

IntelliJ IDEA

• IntelliJ IDEA is a commercial IDE from JetBrains.
• Move Language Plugin provides a Move language extension for IntelliJ IDEA by Pontem Network.

Emacs

• Emacs is a free and open source text editor.
• move-mode is a Move mode for Emacs by Ashok Menon.

Github Codespaces

The Web-based IDE from Github can be run right in the browser and provides almost a full-featured VSCode experience.

• Github Codespaces
• Move Syntax is also available in the extensions marketplace.