diff --git a/editors/idea/README.md b/editors/idea/README.md
index e11e881..4bc1b7f 100644
--- a/editors/idea/README.md
+++ b/editors/idea/README.md
@@ -161,6 +161,16 @@ The plugin is versioned as the CLI it carries: `gradle.properties` holds a
(`-PpluginVersion`), which `make idea-build` and the publish workflow take
from `__version__`.
+## Support the project
+
+Workforest is free, open source, and built by one person in the open. If it
+saved you a context switch today, two clicks go a long way:
+
+- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rate the plugin on the
+ [JetBrains Marketplace](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/34090-workforest/reviews).
+- ⭐ star the
+ [repository on GitHub](https://github.com/ArkadyBuryakov/workforest).
+
## Troubleshooting
- *workforest not found* — this plugin build ships no CLI for your platform
diff --git a/editors/idea/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/editors/idea/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index bf1dfd8..4ab948b 100644
--- a/editors/idea/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/editors/idea/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
needed. Where this build carries no executable — a platform workforest runs on but ships no frozen
build for — install it (uv tool install workforest, Homebrew, or the AUR) and the
plugin picks it up from PATH.
+
+ Workforest is free, open source, and built by one person in the open. If it saved you a context
+ switch today, please rate it five stars here and
+ star the repository on GitHub.
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