Hi Gaetan, Great to hear from you – and kudos on that! I wasn’t aware that it existed, but regardless, I think the community needs better tooling so I think there is room for more than one interpretation on how that may look like.
We do have documentation providers (for all XML files and FreeMarker directives etc). We look up the PSI element structure directly so they stay in sync automatically. I hope that’s what you meant. On FreeMarker: I implemented a custom FreeMarker grammar, which let me add inline documentation, autocomplete, and cross-references to entities and services (with autocomplete and hover docs there too). It also means it works properly in the Community Edition, too. Cheers, Paul P.S. I just added an entity visualizer - helps a lot for getting an overview of how entities connect. I am rather proud, it it super useful and looks great. So perhaps worth checking out... -- Paul Piper Managing Director | ilscipio GmbH m: (+49) 176-632 83066 p: (+49) 611-94589441 e: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ilscipio GmbH Humboldtstr. 13 D-65189 Wiesbaden Germany [cid:[email protected]] www.ilscipio.com<http://www.ilscipio.com/> | www.scipioerp.com<http://www.scipioerp.com/> From: gaetan.chaboussie <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 20 February 2026 17:03 To: [email protected] Cc: Paul Piper <[email protected]> Subject: Re: New IntelliJ Plugin for OFBiz development Hi paul. I built a small intellij plugin for ofbiz myself [1], and i'm wondering if you have documentation tests setup ? if you do, did you manage to update it for recent versions ( 2023 +) ? It's been a struggle of mine for some time now.. [1] https://labs.nereide.fr/10031/intellij-plugin-v2 On 1/24/26 11:53, Paul Piper via dev wrote: Hey everyone, It's been a while - I used to be pretty active in the community about a decade ago, but life and other projects took over. Hope you're all doing well. Yesterday we launched a JetBrains IDE plugin for OFBiz development on the marketplace: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/29883-ofbiz-integration It auto-detects OFBiz projects and handles the setup for you. From there you get autocomplete for entities and services, click-through navigation between XML files, on-hover documentation, a proper Freemarker editor with syntax highlighting and error detection, and pre-configured run configs for the usual Gradle tasks. It basically solves all the stuff that makes OFBiz painful to work with - constantly jumping between entity definitions, service files, and screens. It’s been based on our Scipio ERP integration, which shares its root in OFBiz so we have years of experience with a plugin like this. Happy for anyone to pick it up and let me know what you think. Besides the 7 day trial, we offer 100% off for students and open-source contributors (JetBrains verifies that), and 50% off for startups. Cheers, Paul -- Paul Piper Managing Director | ilscipio GmbH m: (+49) 176-632 83066 p: (+49) 611-94589441 e: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ilscipio GmbH Humboldtstr. 13 D-65189 Wiesbaden Germany [cid:[email protected]] www.ilscipio.com<http://www.ilscipio.com/> | www.scipioerp.com<http://www.scipioerp.com/>
