Firebase Studio (formerly known as Project IDX) is an online integrated development environment (IDE) developed by

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. It is based on

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, and the infrastructure runs on

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. In addition to including the features, languages and plugins supported by

VS Code Visual Studio Code, commonly referred to as VS Code, is an integrated development environment developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, macOS and web browsers. Features include support for debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code comple ...

, it has unique functionality built by Google. These include a built-in

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assistant powered by Gemini, Nix integrations, and

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and Android

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s. Google also provides templates for

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, Python, and Go projects, as well for as a number of

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and

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frameworks like

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, Angular, Flutter, Next.js, React,

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, and Flask. The application was initially only accessible after signing up on a waitlist. It was released as an open beta on May 14th 2024. It was renamed from Project IDX to Firebase Studio on April 15th, 2025.

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