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JetBrains Developer Ecosystem 2026

State of Developer Ecosystem Report 2026

Discover how 28,945 developers worldwide build, work, and view the industry today. Marking a decade of our annual survey, this year’s report covers key trends in programming languages and frameworks, AI integration, tools, careers, compensation, and well-being – including a 10-year retrospective on language usage trends.

A decade of data on how software gets built

About the data
01
Tools and trends
See how developers across domains build their stacks: the languages topping the charts, the frameworks around them, and the databases and clouds keeping it all running.
Programming languages over 10 years ->
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02
Artificial Intelligence
From perception to practice: Discover how AI moved into the everyday development workflow, what developers hand over to it, and what they keep for themselves.
AI tools developers plan to try in the next year ->
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03
Life and work
Explore how opportunity, pay, focus, and well-being are shaping life at work, and how tech professionals feel about the career they chose.
Share of professionals who would choose their career again ->
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Fun facts

Not every finding needs a framework. Here are a few things on the lighter side that we learned about our fellow developers along the way.

39% said they prefer dogs. No ruff feelings though – 36% said they prefer cats.

said they prefer dogs. No ruff feelings though – 36% said they prefer cats.

41% identify as Gen Z. Bet.

identify as Gen Z. Bet.

19% use AI for meal planning and recipes. Bon appetit!

use AI for meal planning and recipes. Bon appetit!

43% catch up on AI news with YouTube.

catch up on AI news with YouTube.

46% say their sense of code ownership has decreased in the past year due to AI use.

say their sense of code ownership has decreased in the past year due to AI use.

55% say they’ve become more creative since adopting AI.

say they’ve become more creative since adopting AI.

10 years of DevEco

Check out every DevEco edition since 2017. We opened with about 150 questions in the first survey and ran past 500 this year, reflecting the growing scale and complexity of the developer ecosystem.

Methodology and Demographics

The Developer Ecosystem 2026 report is based on a survey of 28,945 developers after data cleaning. The methodology focuses on ensuring data quality and representativeness. The data is balanced by geography, employment, programming languages, and JetBrains product use.

Learn more about the survey methodology and the demographics of the respondents.

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Raw data

Want to dig into the results yourself? Download the anonymized survey responses and see what you find.

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