An fara gabatar da kwaminisanci a Indonesia a cikin 1920s ta hanyar masana ilimi da masu fafutuka.
An kafa jam'iyyar Pki ta Indonesiya a cikin 1920 kuma ya zama babbar jam'iyyun siyasa a Indonesia a shekarun 1960.
A shekarar 1965, gwamnatin Indonesiya ta aiwatar da ayyukan soja don kifar da Pki kuma sun kashe daruruwan dubunnan mutane da ake zargi da kasancewa a cikin kungiyar kwaminis.
Ko da yake gwamnatin Indonesiya ta haramta shi, har yanzu akwai wasu kananan kungiyoyi da suka nuna kansu a matsayin kwaminisanci a Indonesia.
Daya daga cikin shahararrun maganganu a cikin tarihin Kwaminis na Indonesiya shine Tan Malaka, juyin juya hali da hankali wanda ya kasance mai aiki a farkon karni na 20.
Kafin ya zama shugaban kasar Indonesia, Sukarno shugaba ne na kasashe kuma ya kuma tallafa wa PKI.
A yayin sabon lokacin oda (1966-1998), gwamnatin Indonesiya ta hana duk fannin ayyukan da suka shafi kwaminisanci da littattafan alamomi waɗanda ake ganin sun ƙunshi waɗannan akidun.
A shekarar 2016, gwamnatin Indonesiya ta hana masu kare Islama (FPI) saboda an dauki barazanar da jihar kuma ake zargi da akidar kwaminisanci da kungiyoyi da ke inganta akidar kwaminisanci.
Ko da yake kwaminisanci ba ya zama akida a Indonesia ba, har yanzu akwai sauran kungiyoyi wadanda suke kokarin yaki don ka'idodin kwararru a Indonesia.