As part of ongoing maintenance, we are unbundling and deprecating low-usage plugins starting with PyCharm 2026.2. This includes support for Data Wrangler, Hugging Face, and Google Colab, among others.
A more focused set of bundled plugins means a leaner codebase, enabling us to keep PyCharm fast and responsive and invest our effort where it has the most impact.
You can continue installing compatible versions from the JetBrains Marketplace, but these plugins will no longer be bundled or actively maintained by the PyCharm team. Read this blog post for the full list, deprecation timeline, and next steps.
Why we’re making this change
The tools and workflows developers rely on keep evolving, and several of these plugins never reached the level of adoption we hoped for. After reviewing usage trends, we’ve decided to move a set of low-usage plugins out of active development, so our team can focus on features with broader impact for Python developers.
A smaller set of bundled plugins also means a leaner, more maintainable codebase. As PyCharm continues to grow, we want to invest our engineering effort where it has the most impact and keep the IDE fast and responsive over time.
Unbundling and deprecating a plugin doesn’t necessarily mean deleting it. If a certain plugin’s functionality is still used, we’ll move that plugin’s code to a separate Obsolete Plugins repository. The plugin will remain searchable and installable on JetBrains Marketplace with a fixed compatibility range, but will no longer be rebuilt with every new release or maintained by the PyCharm team.
Which plugins are affected
The following plugins are being deprecated; those currently bundled will be unbundled first:
- Data Wrangler
- Hugging Face
- Google Colab (Jupyter Notebook Colab)
- Spark, including PySpark support
- AI Playground
- AI Agents Debugger
- dbt
- Databricks
Other low-usage plugins may be deprecated in the same way in future releases.
Timeline and what to expect
v2026.2
- The bundled plugins listed above will be unbundled from PyCharm.
- The PyCharm team will no longer develop new features for these plugins or maintain them.
- Compatible versions will remain available for installation from JetBrains Marketplace and stay compatible with v2026.2.
- The plugin source will be published in the Obsolete Plugins repository, where you can continue to build and install it manually.
v2026.3 and beyond
- The PyCharm team will no longer publish compatible versions of these plugins starting from v2026.3.
What this means for you
If you rely on any of these plugins, you can continue to install a compatible version from JetBrains Marketplace for PyCharm 2026.2. Because the source moves to the Obsolete Plugins repository under an open model, the community can keep building and installing the plugins manually. If you’re interested in maintaining one of them, we’d love to hear from you.
Thank you
We’re grateful to everyone who used these plugins, filed issues, and shared feedback over the years. Thank you!
The PyCharm team
