PhpStorm

PhpStorm

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About

The Lightning-Smart PHP IDE. PhpStorm deeply understands your code. PhpStorm is perfect for working with Symfony, Laravel, Drupal, WordPress, Zend Framework, Magento, Joomla!, CakePHP, Yii, and other frameworks. The editor actually 'gets' your code and deeply understands its structure, supporting all the PHP language features for modern and legacy projects. It provides the best code completion, refactorings, on-the-fly error prevention, and more. Make the most of the cutting edge front-end technologies, such as HTML 5, CSS, Sass, Less, Stylus, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, Emmet, and JavaScript, with refactorings, debugging, and unit testing available. See the changes instantly in the browser thanks to Live Edit. Perform many routine tasks right from the IDE, thanks to the Version Control Systems integration, support for remote deployment, databases/SQL, command-line tools, Docker, Composer, REST Client, and many other tools.

About

bb is a local-first, fully customizable IDE for working with AI coding agents, designed to control, automate, and even modify itself. Almost anything in the environment can be changed with a single prompt: users can add panels, CLI commands, skills, plugins, and workflows that immediately become available to their agents. Many of bb’s own capabilities, including GitHub integration, agent memory, scheduled jobs, and remote access, are built as plugins using the same tools available to users. Its CLI is open to external programs such as shell scripts, cron jobs, or bots in Telegram, Signal, and Slack, allowing them to spawn work threads that remain available in the sidebar. bb supports multiple coding agents, including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Pi, OpenCode, Grok, omp, and Hermes, letting users assign tasks to the best-suited agent or have one agent spawn and manage another in separate threads. Work runs on the user’s own machine and can continue independently until they return.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

PHP developers

Audience

Software developers and engineering teams wanting to orchestrate multiple AI coding agents, automate development workflows, and customize a local-first programmable IDE around their own needs

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$199 per user per year
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.2 / 5
ease 4.2 / 5
features 4.8 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Clean and customizable interface. Multiple themes and color schemes for personal preference. Simple yet powerful layout for managing files, tools, and navigation. Support for multiple project views and easy file navigation.
  • - The auto-suggestion feature is quite accurate and comes very handy while coding on a big project. - The color themes can be easily customizable according to the user preference. - It supports Git and version control. - It in built assistance feature helps in highlighting errors and give suggestions in real-time.
  • Debugging from browser. Decent support, responsive and to the point. Some search features are good once you learn to use them.
  • Php lacks many advanced IDE like other popular languages but PhpStorm definitely fills the void. It supports all major frameworks and features intelligent autocomplete that understands your code. It has built in developer tools and database support for even most advanced php development. It is also quite affordable for enterprise development.
  • Easy to use & user friendly interface. Autocomplete feature. In-app terminal & ssh support. Supports front end HTML , CSS & JS files. Tons of customization options. Add-ons to support different PHP frameworks.

Cons

  • The sheer number of features and options might overwhelm new users. Some UI elements may seem cluttered when working with larger projects, but this can be customized.
  • - The code initialization and debugging takes a lot of time. - It can be sluggish sometimes when compiling a large code base.
  • A lot. I've thought I'd switch over from phpEd, but honestly, the time I'm spending on trying to figure out how to disable these annoying automatic things, and the amount of time I'm spending communicating with the support is insane. I've easily lost days worth of work-time already. It does a lot of things to "help"; but they don't help but hinder. Some of it can be disabled, some can not. But even those that can be disabled; good luck finding these. Also the key shortcuts are rather weird so plenty of time to reconfigure those. The lack of ability to fold comments only, or open to methods only; no helping this. Then there's the error highlighting; it highlights essentially whole files, just because it just cannot figure out either the smarty syntax(!), or the code structure. There are plenty more, I'm not going to bother to detail it all out. There are things that are in the dev queue for many years now, some would help - but it seems these will never get done.
  • Unlike other tools from Jetbrains it has no Community edition, so beginners or individual users might consider that as a big con.
  • Expensive yearly price. Resource Intensive - takes long time to load.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

JetBrains
Founded: 2000
Czech Republic
www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/

Company Information

bb
Founded: 2026
United States
getbb.app/

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Categories

AI IDEs Supported
IDE Supported

Categories

Agentic AI Supported
AI Coding Agents Supported
AI IDEs Supported
IDE Supported

IDE Features

Code Completion Supported
Compiler Supported
Cross Platform Support Not Supported
Debugger Supported
Drag and Drop UI Not Supported
Integrations and Plugins Supported
Multi Language Support Not Supported
Project Management Not Supported
Text Editor / Code Editor Supported

Source Code Management Features

Access Controls/Permissions Not Supported
Bug Tracking Supported
Build Automation Supported
Change Management Supported
Code Review Supported
Collaboration Supported
Continuous Integration Not Supported
Repository Management Not Supported
Version Control Supported

Integrations

Angular Supported
Claude Duet Not Supported
Claude Opus 4 Supported
Claude Opus 4.7 Supported
Claude Opus 4.8 Supported
Claude Sonnet 4 Supported
Claude Sonnet 5.5 Supported
Coder Supported
Daytona Supported
Firebender Supported
Gemini Code Assist Supported
JetBrains Projector Supported
Lingma Supported
OpenCode Not Supported
PVS-Studio Supported
Signal Not Supported
Slack Not Supported
SonarQube for IDE Supported
Vue.js Supported

Integrations

Angular Not Supported
Claude Duet Supported
Claude Opus 4 Not Supported
Claude Opus 4.7 Not Supported
Claude Opus 4.8 Not Supported
Claude Sonnet 4 Not Supported
Claude Sonnet 5.5 Not Supported
Coder Not Supported
Daytona Not Supported
Firebender Not Supported
Gemini Code Assist Not Supported
JetBrains Projector Not Supported
Lingma Not Supported
OpenCode Supported
PVS-Studio Not Supported
Signal Supported
Slack Supported
SonarQube for IDE Not Supported
Vue.js Not Supported
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