AEM Tools - IntelliJ IDEA Plugin

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Speed up Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) development with powerful IntelliJ IDEA integration.

AEM Tools adds IDE support for the parts of AEM projects that are usually hard to work with as plain text: HTL, Expression Language, OSGi configurations, ClientLib declarations, and Jackrabbit FileVault XML. It brings completion, navigation, validation, quick documentation, and refactoring support closer to the files AEM developers edit every day.

Key Features

HTL and Expression Language

• Syntax highlighting, parsing, completion, and navigation for HTL and EL.
• Refactoring and quick documentation support for common HTL workflows.
• Sling Models and Java Use class resolution.
• HTL version awareness for HTL 1.3 and 1.4 features.
• Paired editing support inside EL expressions.

OSGi Configurations

• Resolution between OSGi configuration files and Felix or OSGi R6-R7 components.
• Navigation from configuration properties to Java declarations.
• Metadata validation for supported OSGi component annotations.

Jackrabbit FileVault XML

• Syntax highlighting and validation for AEM XML content files.
• Classic UI dialog.xml completion based on xtype documentation.
• Completion and highlighting for cq:Component, cq:editConfig, and related AEM content structures.

Client Libraries

• Completion for ClientLib category names in HTL and ClientLib declarations.
• Completion and reference resolution for js.txt and css.txt entries.
• Inline documentation for categories and client library templates.

Installation

AEM Tools is available from the JetBrains Marketplace.

1. Open Settings | Plugins in IntelliJ IDEA.
2. Select Marketplace.
3. Search for AEM Tools.
4. Install the plugin and restart the IDE when prompted.

Compatibility

The current release supports IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3 through 2026.2 and matching IntelliJ Platform-based IDEs. See JetBrains' build number ranges when matching an IDE version to a platform build.

IDE Build Range	Recommended Version
243-263	v1.1.0
243-261	v1.0.10
243-252	v1.0.7
223-243	v1.0.6
222-243	v1.0.5
203-222	v0.9.4.1

Why Use AEM Tools?

• Stay in the IDE while working with HTL, dialogs, ClientLibs, OSGi configs, and FileVault content.
• Catch common AEM markup and configuration mistakes earlier.
• Navigate between AEM declarations instead of searching manually.
• Use a free, open-source plugin built specifically for AEM projects.

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome. For larger changes, open an issue first so the implementation can be discussed before work begins.