You only need the free version of IntelliJ for Clojure development. And Cursive is free to use for non-commercial endeavors. Just in case others were looking.

You only need the free version of IntelliJ for Clojure development. And Cursive is free to use for non-commercial endeavors. Just in case others were looking. It probably helps to start with IntelliJ + Cursive, instead of trying the lesser featured VSCode and Atom support, or the more difficult to master Emacs + Cider combo or the many VIM alternatives.