🦀 JetBrains Trial Reset

Ultra-fast trial period reset tool for JetBrains IDEs

Lightweight • Blazingly Fast • Safe • Open Source

Features • Installation • Usage • Documentation

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🎯 What is this?

A modern, blazingly fast CLI tool written in Rust that helps you manage JetBrains IDE trial periods on Linux. With automatic backups, multi-interface support, and desktop integration.

jb-reset reset --all  # Reset all trials in <200ms

⚡ Performance Metrics

Operation	Time	Memory
Startup	< 100ms	< 5MB
Scan (10 products)	< 50ms	< 8MB
Reset per product	< 200ms	< 10MB

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✨ Features

🚀 Core Features 🔍 Auto-detect all installed JetBrains products 🔄 One-command reset with automatic backup 💾 Safe operations with rollback support 🎯 Selective or batch reset 📦 Single binary (~3-5MB, no dependencies)

🎨 User Experience 📊 Beautiful CLI with colored output 🚀 Rofi/dmenu integration 🔔 Desktop notifications 💻 Interactive TUI menu 🌐 JSON output for scripting

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🧰 Supported Products

IDE	Supported	IDE	Supported
IntelliJ IDEA	✅	PyCharm	✅
WebStorm	✅	PhpStorm	✅
CLion	✅	GoLand	✅
Rider	✅	DataGrip	✅
RubyMine	✅	RustRover	✅
Android Studio	✅	Fleet	✅

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📦 Installation

Quick Install (Recommended)

git clone https://github.com/il1v3y/jetbrains-trial-reset.git
cd jetbrains-trial-reset
sudo ./scripts/install.sh

Manual Build

# Install Rust if needed
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

# Build from source
cargo build --release

# Install
sudo cp target/release/jb-reset /usr/local/bin/

Package Managers

# Coming soon
# Arch AUR
yay -S jetbrains-trial-reset

# Homebrew
brew install jetbrains-trial-reset

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🚀 Usage

Basic Commands

# List all installed products
jb-reset list

# Reset all trials
jb-reset reset --all

# Reset specific product
jb-reset reset intellij

# Preview changes (dry-run)
jb-reset reset --all --dry-run

Advanced Usage

# JSON output for scripting
jb-reset list --json

# Interactive TUI menu
jb-reset-gui

# Rofi launcher
jb-reset-rofi

Example Output

$ jb-reset list

Installed JetBrains Products:
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
🧠 IntelliJ IDEA (2025.2) │ Active (6 days remaining)
🐍 PyCharm (2024.3)       │ Active (15 days remaining)
🌐 WebStorm (2024.2)      │ Expired
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

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🏗️ Tech Stack

Built with:

• Rust - Systems programming language
• Clap - Command-line argument parser
• Serde - Serialization framework
• Roxmltree - XML parser
• Colored - Terminal colors
• Notify-rust - Desktop notifications

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📚 Documentation

• Usage Guide - Detailed usage examples
• Commands Reference - All available commands
• Installation Guide - Installation instructions

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🔒 How It Works

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Reset Process

1. Scan - Detect installed products in ~/.config/JetBrains/
2. Backup - Create timestamped backup in ~/.jetbrains-trial-backups/
3. Clean XML - Remove evlsprt* and trial.state* keys from other.xml
4. Remove Dirs - Delete eval directories and cache
5. Notify - Send desktop notification

Safety Features

• ✅ Automatic backup before any changes
• ✅ Dry-run mode to preview changes
• ✅ No root/sudo required
• ✅ Only modifies user-owned files
• ✅ Detailed logs of all operations
• ✅ Rollback support

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🎨 Multiple Interfaces

💻 CLI Direct command-line interface jb-reset list

🎯 TUI Interactive terminal menu jb-reset-gui

🚀 Rofi Graphical launcher jb-reset-rofi

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⚠️ Legal & Ethical Notice

Educational Purpose Only

This tool is provided for educational and research purposes only.

• ✅ Use only for legitimate testing and evaluation
• ✅ Respect software licensing terms and conditions
• ✅ Purchase a license if you use the software professionally
• ❌ The authors are not responsible for misuse

💡 Support JetBrains

JetBrains offers free licenses for:

• 🎓 Students (free for educational use)
• 🌟 Open Source projects (free for qualifying projects)
• 🏢 Community Editions (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm)

Support developers by purchasing legitimate licenses: jetbrains.com/store

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Here's how you can help:

1. 🍴 Fork the repository
2. 🌱 Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. 💾 Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. 📤 Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. 🔃 Open a Pull Request

See CONTRIBUTING.md for detailed guidelines.

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

MIT License - Copyright (c) 2025 il1v3y

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👨‍💻 Author

il1v3y

Security Researcher • Red Team Operator • Python/PHP/Rust Developer

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🙏 Acknowledgments

• 💙 JetBrains for creating amazing IDEs
• 🦀 Rust Community for excellent tooling and support
• 🖥️ Linux Community for inspiration and feedback

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