NixOS · MattSturgeon · Jan 9, 2026 · Jan 9, 2026
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/builder/linux.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/builder/linux.nix
@@ -62,11 +62,10 @@ lib.makeOverridable mkDerivation (
       mainProgram = pname;
     };
 
-    # FIXME: Do not use meta attributes, see README (`TODO` section)
     desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
       name = pname;
       exec = pname;
-      comment = lib.replaceStrings [ "\n" ] [ " " ] meta.longDescription;
+      comment = lib.trim (lib.replaceString "\n" " " meta.longDescription);
       desktopName = product;
       genericName = meta.description;
       categories = [ "Development" ];

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/clion.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/clion.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ in
       xz
     ];
 
-  # NOTE: meta attrs are currently used by the desktop entry, so changing them may cause rebuilds (see TODO in README)
+  # NOTE: meta attrs are used for the Linux desktop entries and may cause rebuilds when changed
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/";
     description = "C/C++ IDE from JetBrains";

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/datagrip.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/datagrip.nix
@@ -45,11 +45,14 @@ mkJetBrainsProduct {
 
   src = fetchurl (urls.${system} or (throw "Unsupported system: ${system}"));
 
-  # NOTE: meta attrs are currently used by the desktop entry, so changing them may cause rebuilds (see TODO in README)
+  # NOTE: meta attrs are used for the Linux desktop entries and may cause rebuilds when changed
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.jetbrains.com/datagrip/";
     description = "Database IDE from JetBrains";
-    longDescription = "DataGrip is a new IDE from JetBrains built for database admins. It allows you to quickly migrate and refactor relational databases, construct efficient, statically checked SQL queries and much more.";
+    longDescription = ''
+      DataGrip is an IDE from JetBrains built for database admins.
+      It allows you to quickly migrate and refactor relational databases, construct efficient, statically checked SQL queries and much more.
+    '';
     maintainers = [ ];
     license = lib.licenses.unfree;
     sourceProvenance =

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/dataspell.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/dataspell.nix
@@ -55,11 +55,14 @@ mkJetBrainsProduct {
     '')
   ];
 
-  # NOTE: meta attrs are currently used by the desktop entry, so changing them may cause rebuilds (see TODO in README)
+  # NOTE: meta attrs are used for the Linux desktop entries and may cause rebuilds when changed
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.jetbrains.com/dataspell/";
     description = "Data science IDE from JetBrains";
-    longDescription = "DataSpell is a new IDE from JetBrains built for Data Scientists. Mainly it integrates Jupyter notebooks in the IntelliJ platform.";
+    longDescription = ''
+      DataSpell is an IDE from JetBrains built for Data Scientists.
+      Mainly it integrates Jupyter notebooks in the IntelliJ platform.
+    '';
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ leona ];
     license = lib.licenses.unfree;
     sourceProvenance =

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/gateway.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/gateway.nix
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ mkJetBrainsProduct {
     libgcc
   ];
 
-  # NOTE: meta attrs are currently used by the desktop entry, so changing them may cause rebuilds (see TODO in README)
+  # NOTE: meta attrs are used for the Linux desktop entries and may cause rebuilds when changed
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.jetbrains.com/remote-development/gateway/";
     description = "Remote development for JetBrains products";
-    longDescription = "JetBrains Gateway is a lightweight launcher that connects a remote server with your local machine, downloads necessary components on the backend, and opens your project in JetBrains Client.";
+    longDescription = "JetBrains Gateway is a lightweight launcher that connects a remote server with your local machine and opens your project in JetBrains Client.";
     maintainers = [ ];
     license = lib.licenses.unfree;
     sourceProvenance =

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/goland.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/goland.nix
@@ -53,12 +53,14 @@ in
     libgcc
   ];
 
-  # NOTE: meta attrs are currently used by the desktop entry, so changing them may cause rebuilds (see TODO in README)
+  # NOTE: meta attrs are used for the Linux desktop entries and may cause rebuilds when changed
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.jetbrains.com/go/";
     description = "Go IDE from JetBrains";
-    longDescription = "Goland is the codename for a new commercial IDE by JetBrains aimed at providing an ergonomic environment for Go development.
-          The new IDE extends the IntelliJ platform with the coding assistance and tool integrations specific for the Go language";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Goland is a commercial IDE by JetBrains aimed at providing an ergonomic environment for Go development.
+      The IDE extends the IntelliJ platform with the coding assistance and tool integrations specific for the Go language.
+    '';
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ tymscar ];
     license = lib.licenses.unfree;
     sourceProvenance =

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/idea-oss.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/idea-oss.nix
@@ -57,11 +57,14 @@ mkJetBrainsProduct {
     ''--set M2 "${maven}/maven/bin"''
   ];
 
-  # NOTE: meta attrs are currently used by the desktop entry, so changing them may cause rebuilds (see TODO in README)
+  # NOTE: meta attrs are used for the Linux desktop entries and may cause rebuilds when changed
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/";
-    description = "Free Java, Kotlin, Groovy and Scala IDE from Jetbrains (built from source)";
-    longDescription = "IDE for Java SE, Groovy & Scala development Powerful environment for building Google Android apps Integration with JUnit, TestNG, popular SCMs, Ant & Maven. Also known as IntelliJ.";
+    description = "Free Java, Kotlin, Groovy and Scala IDE from JetBrains (built from source)";
+    longDescription = ''
+      IDE for Java SE, Groovy & Scala development Powerful environment for building Google Android apps Integration with JUnit, TestNG, popular SCMs, Ant & Maven.
+      Also known as IntelliJ.
+    '';
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       gytis-ivaskevicius
       tymscar

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/idea.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/idea.nix
@@ -60,11 +60,14 @@ mkJetBrainsProduct {
     musl
   ];
 
-  # NOTE: meta attrs are currently used by the desktop entry, so changing them may cause rebuilds (see TODO in README)
+  # NOTE: meta attrs are used for the Linux desktop entries and may cause rebuilds when changed
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/";
-    description = "Java, Kotlin, Groovy and Scala IDE from Jetbrains";
-    longDescription = "IDE for Java SE, Groovy & Scala development Powerful environment for building Google Android apps Integration with JUnit, TestNG, popular SCMs, Ant & Maven. Also known as IntelliJ.";
+    description = "Java, Kotlin, Groovy and Scala IDE from JetBrains";
+    longDescription = ''
+      IDE for Java SE, Groovy & Scala development Powerful environment for building Google Android apps Integration with JUnit, TestNG, popular SCMs, Ant & Maven.
+      Also known as IntelliJ.
+    '';
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       gytis-ivaskevicius
       tymscar

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/mps.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/mps.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ mkJetBrainsProduct {
 
   src = fetchurl (urls.${system} or (throw "Unsupported system: ${system}"));
 
-  # NOTE: meta attrs are currently used by the desktop entry, so changing them may cause rebuilds (see TODO in README)
+  # NOTE: meta attrs are used for the Linux desktop entries and may cause rebuilds when changed
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.jetbrains.com/mps/";
     description = "IDE for building domain-specific languages from JetBrains";

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/phpstorm.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/phpstorm.nix
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ mkJetBrainsProduct {
     musl
   ];
 
-  # NOTE: meta attrs are currently used by the desktop entry, so changing them may cause rebuilds (see TODO in README)
+  # NOTE: meta attrs are used for the Linux desktop entries and may cause rebuilds when changed
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/";
     description = "PHP IDE from JetBrains";
-    longDescription = "PhpStorm provides an editor for PHP, HTML and JavaScript with on-the-fly code analysis, error prevention and automated refactorings for PHP and JavaScript code. ";
+    longDescription = "PhpStorm provides an editor for PHP, HTML and JavaScript with on-the-fly code analysis, error prevention and automated refactorings for PHP and JavaScript code.";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       dritter
       tymscar

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/pycharm-oss.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/pycharm-oss.nix
@@ -50,11 +50,15 @@ in
   product = "PyCharm Open Source";
   productShort = "PyCharm";
 
-  # NOTE: meta attrs are currently used by the desktop entry, so changing them may cause rebuilds (see TODO in README)
+  # NOTE: meta attrs are used for the Linux desktop entries and may cause rebuilds when changed
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/";
     description = "Free Python IDE from JetBrains (built from source)";
-    longDescription = "Python IDE with complete set of tools for productive development with Python programming language. In addition, the IDE provides high-class capabilities for professional Web development with Django framework and Google App Engine. It has powerful coding assistance, navigation, a lot of refactoring features, tight integration with various Version Control Systems, Unit testing, powerful all-singing all-dancing Debugger and entire customization. PyCharm is developer driven IDE. It was developed with the aim of providing you almost everything you need for your comfortable and productive development!";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Python IDE with complete set of tools for productive development with Python programming language.
+      In addition, the IDE provides high-class capabilities for professional Web development with Django framework and Google App Engine.
+      It has powerful coding assistance, navigation, a lot of refactoring features, tight integration with various Version Control Systems, Unit testing and powerful Debugger.
+    '';
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       genericnerdyusername
       tymscar

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/pycharm.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/pycharm.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ in
 
   wmClass = "jetbrains-pycharm";
   product = "PyCharm";
-  productShort = "PyCharm";
 
   # update-script-start: version
   version = "2025.3.1";
@@ -51,11 +50,15 @@ in
     musl
   ];
 
-  # NOTE: meta attrs are currently used by the desktop entry, so changing them may cause rebuilds (see TODO in README)
+  # NOTE: meta attrs are used for the Linux desktop entries and may cause rebuilds when changed
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/";
     description = "Python IDE from JetBrains";
-    longDescription = "Python IDE with complete set of tools for productive development with Python programming language. In addition, the IDE provides high-class capabilities for professional Web development with Django framework and Google App Engine. It has powerful coding assistance, navigation, a lot of refactoring features, tight integration with various Version Control Systems, Unit testing, powerful all-singing all-dancing Debugger and entire customization. PyCharm is developer driven IDE. It was developed with the aim of providing you almost everything you need for your comfortable and productive development!";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Python IDE with complete set of tools for productive development with Python programming language.
+      In addition, the IDE provides high-class capabilities for professional Web development with Django framework and Google App Engine.
+      It has powerful coding assistance, navigation, a lot of refactoring features, tight integration with various Version Control Systems, Unit testing and powerful Debugger.
+    '';
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       genericnerdyusername
       tymscar

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/rider.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/rider.nix
@@ -78,11 +78,15 @@ in
     libX11
   ];
 
-  # NOTE: meta attrs are currently used by the desktop entry, so changing them may cause rebuilds (see TODO in README)
+  # NOTE: meta attrs are used for the Linux desktop entries and may cause rebuilds when changed
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/";
     description = ".NET IDE from JetBrains";
-    longDescription = "JetBrains Rider is a new .NET IDE based on the IntelliJ platform and ReSharper. Rider supports .NET Core, .NET Framework and Mono based projects. This lets you develop a wide array of applications including .NET desktop apps, services and libraries, Unity games, ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core web applications.";
+    longDescription = ''
+      JetBrains Rider is a new .NET IDE based on the IntelliJ platform and ReSharper.
+      Rider supports .NET Core, .NET Framework and Mono based projects.
+      This lets you develop a wide array of applications including .NET desktop apps, services and libraries, Unity games, ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core web applications.
+    '';
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ raphaelr ];
     license = lib.licenses.unfree;
     sourceProvenance =

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/ruby-mine.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/ruby-mine.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ mkJetBrainsProduct {
     musl
   ];
 
-  # NOTE: meta attrs are currently used by the desktop entry, so changing them may cause rebuilds (see TODO in README)
+  # NOTE: meta attrs are used for the Linux desktop entries and may cause rebuilds when changed
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/";
     description = "Ruby IDE from JetBrains";

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/rust-rover.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/rust-rover.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ in
       xz
     ];
 
-  # NOTE: meta attrs are currently used by the desktop entry, so changing them may cause rebuilds (see TODO in README)
+  # NOTE: meta attrs are used for the Linux desktop entries and may cause rebuilds when changed
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.jetbrains.com/rust/";
     description = "Rust IDE from JetBrains";

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/webstorm.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/ides/webstorm.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ mkJetBrainsProduct {
     musl
   ];
 
-  # NOTE: meta attrs are currently used by the desktop entry, so changing them may cause rebuilds (see TODO in README)
+  # NOTE: meta attrs are used for the Linux desktop entries and may cause rebuilds when changed
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/";
     description = "Web IDE from JetBrains";

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/readme.md b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/readme.md
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ Any comments or other manual changes between these markers will be removed when
  - Add it to `default.nix`
 
 ### TODO:
- - remove the usage of `meta.` properties for building the Linux desktop files
-   (JetBrains already provides their own Desktop files, we can just use those probably?)
  - drop the community IDEs
  - Switch `mkJetbrainsProduct` to use `lib.extendMkDerivation`, see also:
    - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/475183#discussion_r2655305961