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PhpStorm

PhpStorm is a code editor, available on Windows and Linux: code completion and debugging.

  • Limited free plan
  • Windows and Linux

Overview

PhpStorm is a code editor, available on Windows and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: code completion and debugging.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “The JetBrains IDE for PHP, Laravel, Symfony, and other PHP frameworks, built to work with agents without sacrificing control.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “It supports PHP 5.3-8.2, provides on-the-fly error prevention, the best autocompletion and code refactoring, zero-configuration debugging, and an extended HTML, CSS, and JavaScript editor.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “It supports PHP 5.3-8.2, provides on-the-fly error prevention, the best autocompletion and code refactoring, zero-configuration debugging, and an extended HTML, CSS, and JavaScript editor.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

PhpStorm offers a limited free plan; advanced features or heavier use are paid.

It is distributed under a proprietary licence: free to use under its terms, which may change; that licence is not an open source licence.

Plans and conditions

  • Free plan: basic features are free; others are reserved for paid plans.
  • Paid subscriptions offered by the publisher.

Strengths

  • No credit card asked

Weaknesses

  • Limited free plan
  • Closed source

About

PhpStorm is a PHP IDE that actually ‘gets’ your code. It supports PHP 5.3-8.2, provides on-the-fly error prevention, the best autocompletion and code refactoring, zero-configuration debugging, and an extended HTML, CSS, and JavaScript editor. PhpStorm is available for a free 30-day evaluation. Monthly and yearly subscription options are available for companies and individual users. Find out more on https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/buy/

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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