How to Install Golang plugin in Intellij?

Last Updated : 25 Aug, 2022

IntelliJ is one of the most powerful and popular integrated development environments (IDE) written in Java for developing computer software written in Java, Kotlin, Groovy, etc. on almost all sorts of languages. It is developed by JetBrains and is available in a community edition and in a proprietary commercial edition. It provides plugins of various programming languages like Kotlin, Scala, Ruby, etc.

Features of IntelliJ

Coding assistance.
Built-in tools and integration.
Plugin ecosystem.
Support for various languages and a lot more.

Note: Go plugin is only compatible with IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate (Proprietary edition).

Installation of golang plugin in intellij

Follow the below steps to install Go Plugin:

Step 1: Download and install IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/ if not installed in your system.

Step 2: Now start your IDE.

Step 3: Now install the Go plugin.

Go to Plugins ⇢ Search “go” in marketplace ⇢ install it.

Step 4 (Optional): After the installation, restart the IntelliJ to see the changes. After restarting, as you can see, we’ve successfully installed the Go plugin, and we can start building the Go project.