How to open webstorm from terminal

Solution 1:

  1. Try in terminal 'wstorm' and 'webstorm'
  2. If the commands don't work you can run in WebStorm: "Tools" -> "Create Command Line Launcher..."

Note: The solution works only for Linux / MacOS

Solution 2:

Update January 2016 using Webstorm 11.0.3 on mac os x

There was no option as described in the accepted answer.

Instead, just use the already installed command line binary wstorm designed for this purpose. Location shown below:

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If you actually wish to open webstorm and have it load the contents of the current working directory for example, then place a . after the command:

wstorm .

Noted, others had made similar comments in this answers section, and wished to clarify the situation.