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joannaSmith12
joannaSmith12

Reputation: 1047

Is it possible to run multiple applications in IntelliJ with just one press of a button?

Is there a way to run multiple applications with just one press of a button?

Say, I have AppA, AppB, and AppC (they are all in java). Is there a way that they could run all 3 in some order with just one button press?

It's kinda tedious hitting the "run" button for like 10 applications. I'm assuming a script or maybe a plugin?

Upvotes: 100

Views: 74702

Answers (6)

zhiyuan sun
zhiyuan sun

Reputation: 11

with Pycharm version 2023.2.1 you can do it by services services view

Upvotes: 0

lovestackh343
lovestackh343

Reputation: 661

You can do this. Go to Run -> Edit Configurations....

Older IntelliJ versions:
Check Allow parallel run, then you can start multiple main classes.

IntelliJ 2020+:
Select Modify options. A popup appears. Enable Allow multiple instances.

Upvotes: 29

DaveyDaveDave
DaveyDaveDave

Reputation: 10562

I think this has been possible since version 15. You simply create a Run/Debug Configuration of type 'Compound', and select the configurations you want to run, so:

  1. Ensure you have previously set up run configurations for the various applications (or other run configurations) that you want to run.
  2. Click on the 'Run' menu
  3. Click 'Edit Configurations'
  4. Click the green '+' icon (top-left of the window)
  5. Click 'Compound'
  6. In the right-hand pane, enter a meaningful name for your group, then click the green '+' icon (the one in the right-hand pane, not the top-left of the window)
  7. Select one of the run configurations
  8. Repeat 5 and 6 for all the configurations you want to run in a single click
  9. Hit OK
  10. Select your newly-created compound configuration in the drop-down in the menu bar
  11. Hit the run button (note that you don't appear to be able start all the applications in debug mode, if you want to do that, you'll need to do so individually)
  12. Watch all your applications start, one-by-one. Revel in your newly discovered free time

2 drawbacks:

  1. As CashIsClay points out below, you can't explicitly change the order that your configurations run in; they run in alphabetical order. I'm not sure that this is a big restriction though, I'd want my applications to be able to start in any order for resilience in production environments. Of course, a non-terrible workaround would be to name your run configurations something like: '1. Foo'; '2. Bar', if it's essential for Foo to run before Bar starts.
  2. You can only start in 'run' mode, not 'debug'.

Other answers have mentioned the Multirun plugin, which may offer more functionality than IntelliJ's native options. I haven't used it, but it might be worth looking at.

Upvotes: 174

Kola
Kola

Reputation: 1

Select the Written program(java/Scala) --> right click --> Edit --> Select Allow parallel runs check boxenter image description here

Upvotes: -6

Wictor Chaves
Wictor Chaves

Reputation: 1129

You can agroup the projects, go to "Edit Configurations..."

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The following screen will open, under "Application" configure your settings

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Once you create a "Compound"

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And put "Compound" your settings

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Done, just run the "Compound"

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Upvotes: 18

user1338062
user1338062

Reputation: 12735

There seems to be a Multirun plugin for IDEA:

Allows to run multiple run configurations at once: group multiple run configurations and start them in a single click. Not only application and test run configurations can be grouped, but other Multirun configurations can be organized into single run configuration.

Upvotes: 34

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