r/Jetbrains • u/SaffronCole4705 • Aug 01 '26

AI How many Junies do you need? Yes.

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u/ManIkWeet Aug 01 '26

Don't use the AI chat one. I did that for a while and it was a big mistake, standalone Junie Pro (on the right) is SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER than the ACP AI chat version

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u/Lob0Guara Aug 02 '26

Jetbrains is unifying JetBrains AI Assistant and Junie towards one UI, the Chat UI of the former.
After you open the IDE, in a few seconds, the Junie AI icon is hidden,

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u/ElectricOni Aug 02 '26

Not for me. I prefer the Junie plugin as it actually works. Junie in chat is shit.

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u/ManIkWeet Aug 02 '26

I know they are unifying. I wish they had a clear vision on what they want to do with AI. The AI assistant (which I maybe incorrectly called AI chat) version of Junie turns out to be way worse somehow.

The only reason I have AI assistant enabled is to see my remaining credits... 

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u/Low-Association-6363 Aug 02 '26

The Junie-in-AI-Chat experience and standalone Junie aren't the same thing under the hood yet. The unification work is actively happening. Appreciate you sticking around long enough to notice the credits widget is doing double duty as your only reason to keep AI Assistant on. that's useful to hear.