diff --git a/dev-util/webstorm/Manifest b/dev-util/webstorm/Manifest
index cf5713f2a4..2c44c38916 100644
--- a/dev-util/webstorm/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/webstorm/Manifest
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ DIST WebStorm-2025.3.3-aarch64.tar.gz 1072937620 BLAKE2B de86af2cda759dd333d3ac4
 DIST WebStorm-2025.3.3.tar.gz 1077575977 BLAKE2B fbfe1e5e431762bc2baef49bdc0d39b022504fcfdcf5eb0da2eee9510b9b28dd3fc954d3e332ce4b1693fb850a1e3b777839b737102a617f181bc911e69c1c9d SHA512 8a61a69f256836aa7d59cc7f5415ec05f483d41c66eb89cb449b245b1cb9244df0d8cdfdfbd119b9c53a3bd8d22dc5181b795d9adbea8ae81933839ef855708c
 DIST WebStorm-2025.3.4-aarch64.tar.gz 1073216609 BLAKE2B 4465701e52f85c48dd0d921f5d3779252cc81ccfca3bfbd7f230987d3586df29be0fb767df42f9f7332b388bc6c2388718c5a5616bc5d02f75ecd39ecff6ce30 SHA512 cf3aa4f6f1eaef35512e2a831d14d78b18f5cfd74b148a8e67df89cdaa496992891453c8e70335d9df0ce2be5cb9ce605b80992c2733b4e48d13a3ae9d0953fc
 DIST WebStorm-2025.3.4.tar.gz 1077824124 BLAKE2B 41f242960439535cfb8fe739590cf091866f7b6ed34b3ee068ccc3678aee7a107e0f0fbc218cca003555d1b0c15de0fd265d97b977f9d16ea8bae1b84b4a5fee SHA512 803dfeb1092f0bf1e08d0378b2fb3ff99b02996226548439ffe5ad0c30981f98ab4d23689418a33809b7d95d6d1b2f3cdc40af894c911b2859f4117ef95e9335
+DIST WebStorm-2026.1-aarch64.tar.gz 1092587890 BLAKE2B 675eb9b37b7ab1d29663f347d7a02255f4c9c0fff72bef88dcc849f6fd2ff2abafbbe550771669f5ed18fa2f3c4ec44e1867e25a47098fc8620a2734365a291a SHA512 4c0931e50dff346ba9e511c5e28255a3cb0d952fa17ba41fbefe801254e6963ee62d038536832c1df7846f806228f1904c7dcb423cb488a22058b2acf9c10ae2
+DIST WebStorm-2026.1.tar.gz 1097460932 BLAKE2B 3c4b8b732f83feb1a8a760a77c9dc01aceaed4b5e531477272162a75db43d932af068389cd100d62f0dd65a651c4a57bffc5712fb26285098a0536219c160a1c SHA512 e1a44fb50620e225715619e50730ef9ff7f2660ff1f597140f59505360449efcc492275564d21150b4215a7429089e41256f3cb51dd3ae66573fe2123a12a904
diff --git a/dev-util/webstorm/webstorm-2026.1.ebuild b/dev-util/webstorm/webstorm-2026.1.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0555358d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/webstorm/webstorm-2026.1.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+# Copyright 2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit desktop wrapper toolchain-funcs
+
+DESCRIPTION="An integrated development environment for JavaScript and related technologies."
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/"
+SRC_URI="
+	amd64? ( https://download-cdn.jetbrains.com/${PN}/WebStorm-${PV}.tar.gz )
+	arm64? ( https://download-cdn.jetbrains.com/${PN}/WebStorm-${PV}-aarch64.tar.gz )
+"
+
+LICENSE="|| ( JetBrains-business JetBrains-classroom JetBrains-educational JetBrains-individual )
+		Apache-2.0
+		BSD
+		CC0-1.0
+		CDDL
+		CDDL-1.1
+		EPL-1.0
+		GPL-2
+		GPL-2-with-classpath-exception
+		ISC
+		LGPL-2.1
+		LGPL-3
+		MIT
+		MPL-1.1
+		OFL-1.1
+		ZLIB
+"
+SLOT="0/2025"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
+IUSE="wayland"
+
+RESTRICT="bindist mirror"
+QA_PREBUILT="opt/${P}/*"
+
+BDEPEND="dev-util/debugedit
+	dev-util/patchelf
+"
+RDEPEND="
+		dev-libs/wayland
+		sys-libs/pam
+		sys-process/audit
+		virtual/zlib:=
+"
+
+src_unpack() {
+		# WebStorm unarchived directory is in format WebStorm-xxx.yyy.zzz, not ${P}
+		if use amd64 ; then
+			cp "${DISTDIR}"/WebStorm-${PV}.tar.gz "${WORKDIR}"/ || die
+		elif use arm64 ; then
+			cp "${DISTDIR}"/WebStorm-${PV}-aarch64.tar.gz "${WORKDIR}"/ || die
+		fi
+		mkdir -p "${P}" || die
+		tar --strip-components=1 -xzf "WebStorm-${PV}".tar.gz -C "${P}" || die
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+		tc-export OBJCOPY
+		default
+
+	if ! use arm64; then
+		local remove_me=(
+			lib/async-profiler/aarch64
+		)
+	elif ! use amd64; then
+		local remove_me=(
+			lib/async-profiler/amd64
+		)
+	fi
+
+	rm -rv "${remove_me[@]}" || die
+
+	# excepting files that should be kept for remote plugins
+	if ! use arm64 ; then
+		local skip_remote_files=(
+			"plugins/platform-ijent-impl/ijent-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl-release"
+			"plugins/gateway-plugin/lib/remote-dev-workers/remote-dev-worker-linux-arm64"
+		)
+	elif ! use amd64; then
+		local skip_remote_files=(
+			"plugins/platform-ijent-impl/ijent-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-release"
+			"plugins/gateway-plugin/lib/remote-dev-workers/remote-dev-worker-linux-amd64"
+		)
+	fi
+
+	# removing debug symbols and relocating debug files as per #876295
+	# we're escaping all the files that contain $() in their name
+	# as they should not be executed
+	find . -type f ! -name '*$(*)*' -print0 | while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+		for skip in "${skip_remote_files[@]}"; do
+			[[ ${file} == ./"${skip}" ]] && continue 2
+		done
+		if file "${file}" | grep -qE "ELF (32|64)-bit"; then
+			${OBJCOPY} --remove-section .note.gnu.build-id "${file}" || die
+			debugedit -b "${EPREFIX}/opt/${PN}" -d "/usr/lib/debug" -i "${file}" || die
+		fi
+	done
+
+		patchelf --set-rpath '$ORIGIN' "jbr/lib/libjcef.so" || die
+		patchelf --set-rpath '$ORIGIN' "jbr/lib/jcef_helper" || die
+
+		# As per https://blog.jetbrains.com/platform/2024/07/wayland-support-preview-in-2024-2/ for full wayland support
+		if use wayland; then
+				echo "-Dawt.toolkit.name=WLToolkit" >> bin/webstorm64.vmoptions || die
+		fi
+}
+
+src_install() {
+		local dir="/opt/${P}"
+
+		insinto "${dir}"
+		doins -r *
+		fperms 755 "${dir}"/bin/{"${PN}",fsnotifier,format.sh,inspect.sh,jetbrains_client.sh,ltedit.sh,remote-dev-server,remote-dev-server.sh,restarter}
+		fperms 755 "${dir}"/jbr/bin/{java,javac,javadoc,jcmd,jdb,jfr,jhsdb,jinfo,jmap,jps,jrunscript,jstack,jstat,jwebserver,keytool,rmiregistry,serialver}
+		fperms 755 "${dir}"/jbr/lib/{chrome-sandbox,jcef_helper,jexec,jspawnhelper}
+
+		make_wrapper "${PN}" "${dir}"/bin/"${PN}"
+		newicon bin/"${PN}".svg "${PN}".svg
+		make_desktop_entry "${PN}" "WebStorm ${PV}" "${PN}" "Development;IDE;"
+
+		# recommended by: https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/IDEADEV/Inotify+Watches+Limit
+		insinto /usr/lib/sysctl.d
+		newins - 30-"${PN}"-inotify-watches.conf <<<"fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288"
+}