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Do you think it is possible to write a TUI frontend for IDEA? I mean is it possible to use the `idea` command as a backend for a frontend that I write for IDEA?

Something like this?
```$ tuidea
select project(0-9): 
(0) some-app /Users/user1/...
(1) ....```
In macOS, this info is saved under user directory (ex. `~/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2025.2/options/recentProjects.xml`)
So I think it's possible to retrieve information you need and implement TUI, but you should implement your own mapping logic. Also data format like this can be easily changed

No, I mean a full TUI. Editor, sidebar, etc

Ok then I'd say it's not possible. Note that `idea` is only launcher script, not cli.
Maybe you can make some plugin try to expose IntelliJ as an LSP server. There was an attempt to do that (<https://github.com/Ruin0x11/intellij-lsp-server|intellij-lsp-server>) but not every component can be controlled from plugin, I guess.