Name

Platform

Language

License

Notes

Alphatk

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS X

Tcl/Tk

Proprietary

Extensible inTcl, Tk; Can interact with python.

Code::Blocks

Linux,Windows, Mac OS X

C++,wxWidgets

GPLv3

class browserdoes not currently work for .py files, but it's still a nice IDE touse for python projects

Bluefish

Linux,Windows, Mac OS X

C, GTK+

GPLv3

The linkpoints to the features page.

Cream

Linux,Windows, FreeBSD

C

GPLv3

Cream is afree and easy-to-use configuration of the powerful andfamousVimtexteditor for both Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux.

Cssed

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS X

C, GTK+

GPLv2

CSS editorwith syntax highlighting for Python, and embeded Pythoninterpreter. Extensible through a Python API.

codeEditor

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS X

Python,wxPython

BSD

Extensible inPython; part ofPythonCard.IncludesPyCrustshell.

eric4 and eric5

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS X

Python,PyQt

GPLv3

Complete IDE,very well integrated with PyQT development, but usable for any kindof project. Supports projects, debugging, auto-complete, syntaxcoloring, etc. It is extensible via plug-in system. It hasinterfaces to Subversion and Mercurial.

CRiSP

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS X

Proprietary

BRIEF-compatible, supports Python syntax, in-buffer Pythoninterpreter, supports lots of languages. Powerful macrolanguage.

DRAKON Editor

Windows, MacOS X, Linux

Tcl/Tk

Publicdomain

DRAKONdiagram editor with code generation in Python.

DreamPie

Windows,Linux and Mac/MacPorts

Python,PyGTK

GPLv3

Interactiveshell with history box and code box, auto-completion of attributesand file names, auto-display of function arguments anddocumentation. Keeps your recent results, provides session historysaving (optionally in HTML), interactive plotting with matplotlib.Extremely fast and responsive.

DrPython

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS X

Python,wxPython

GPL

Simple,Highly Customizable Editor/Environment. A Tribute toDrScheme.

Eclipse

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS X

Java

EPL

Eclipse is... an open extensible IDE for anything and nothing in particular."Support for Python can be obtained viathePyDEVplugin.

EditPad Pro

Linux,Windows

Proprietary

Built-inPython syntax highlighting, Python class browsing,Python-compatible regular expressions, code folding, and extensiveoptions for running external tools such as Python scripts.

Editra

Linux,Windows, Mac OS X

Python,wxPython

wxWindows

A generalpurpose developer's text editor written in Python/wxPython. Itsupports python syntax highlighting, auto-ident, auto-completion,classbrowser, and can run scripts from inside the editor.Extensible with plugins written in python.

EmacsEditor

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS

C, Lisp

GPLv3

Pythonsupport withEmacsPythonMode.Extensible in Python usingpymacs

Epsilon

Linux,Windows, FreeBSD and OS/2

Proprietary

CustomizablePython mode, syntax coloring, function tagging.

FTE Text Editor

Unix/X,Windows, DOS, OS/2

C++

GPL

Supports lotsof languages, including Python; doesn't seem programmable

Geany

Unix/X,Windows

C, GTK+

GPLv2

A small andlightweight GTK+ IDE that supports lots of languages, includingPython.

gedit

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS

C, Python

GPLv2

gedit is theofficial text editor of the GNOME desktop environment, with Pythonsyntax highlighting.

J

Linux,Windows, Mac OS X

Java

GPLv2

syntaxcoloring for python, extensible with jython, supports many fileformats, has folding, fully customisable, has sidebar for class andfunctions, fast for a Java application

jHepWork

Unix,Windows, Mac OS

Java

GPLv3

IDE withJython Shell. Syntax coloring for python, extensible with jython,supports many file formats, fully customisable, has sidebar forclass and functions

Jasspa's MicroEmacs

Unix,Windows

C

GPLv2

SupportsPython syntax and a Python-specific menu.

JED

Unix, VMS,MSDOS, OS/2, BeOS, QNX, and Windows.

C

GPLv2

Syntaxhighlighting and indenting, (optional) emacs keybindings,programmable with s-lang.Note: comment out"msw_help(..." line in pymode.sl if you are having problems onWindows.

JEdit

Unix,Windows, Mac OS

Java

GPLv2

Has threeplugins - one for Jython and one forPython/JythonJpyDbg-interactive editing debugging, code browsing, highlighting.

JpyDbg

Linux,Windows, Mac OS

Java,Python

GPL

NetbeansjEditcrossIDE plugin

Jupp

Unix/OSX/Cygwin/Interix (curses), MS-DOS (DR DOS, FreeDOS, Win,OS/2 DOS-Box)

C

GPL

VersatileWordStar-likeeditor (JOE fork) with many colourised syntax-highlightingmodes

kdevelop

Linux,Windows, Mac OS

C++

GPLv2

Kde maindevelopping app. Code folding, syntax highlighting, navigator.projects, class browser, version control, customizable keybindings.Comes also with some typical python project models: pyton Qt app,Tkinter app and simple script.

Komodo IDE

Unix,Windows, Mac OS X

Proprietary

Komodo is anaward winningPythonIDEfromActiveState.Fully-integrated PythonPython2.xandPython3support featuring code intelligence withautocomplete and calltips, Python debugger (includes remotedebugging), interactive shell, remote file support, macros,templating, emacs command support and great help documentation.There is also an open-source versioncalledKomodoEdit(Source), as part oftheOpenKomodoproject started November 2007.

Komodo Edit

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS X

Proprietary/Open Source

scaled-down version of Komodo IDEwhich alsosupports Python, but excludes the integrated debugger.

gEcrit

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS X

Python,wxPython

GPLv3

Python IDEwith focus is on simplicity and ease of use. It is fast andlightweight. It features Python indentation, line numbers, codefolding, syntax highlighting, shell access, code completion, aprogram runner, a source browser, indentation guides, a white spaceindicator, autosaving, an edge line, multiple tabs, printing,jumping to a specific line, word searching, word replacement,zooming undo/redo, pastebin.com code submission, Python syntaxchecking, the ability to change the indentation of many lines atonce, autocompletiton, and bad brace checking.

LeoEditor

Linux,Windows, Mac OS X

Python,PyQt

MIT

Outliningeditor, fully scriptable and extensible,supportingliterateprogramming. 100% pure Python code.

medit

Unix,Windows

C, GTK+

LGPL

Gtk editorwith python bindings, allows plugins written in python.

ne

Unix,Windows, Mac OS X

C

GPLv3

Easy to use,small, powerful, fast, terminal-based editor. Supports UTF-8,syntax highlighting, undo, autocomplete, macros, regexes,bookmarks. v2.2 released 2011-03-10

NEdit

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS X

C

GPLv2

X-Based,Python support builtin.

Netbeans

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS X, others

Java

GPLv2

Netbeans isan open extensible cross platform IDE ; Support for Python can beobtained via theJpyDbgplugin.A new plugin exists for Netbeans 6.5 or newer-info.

NINJA-IDE

Linux,Windows, Mac OS

Python,PyQt4

GPLv3

Lightweightand extensible editor. Class browser, project manager, PEP8 finder,virtualenv, plugin support

UliPad

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS X

Python,wxPython

GPLv2

wxPythonbased editor. Can be easily extended with mixins and plugins, andhas many features. Seems to be biased towards Python webdevelopment as contains FTP GUI, RSS aggregator and HTMLpreview.

PowerPad

Windows NT,Linux (with GTK+ 2)

C++,wxWidgets

Freeware

Easy to usetext editor with syntax highlighting for Python. Embeds the Pythoninterpreter to extend functionality of the application

PyCharm

Linux,Windows, Mac OS X

Proprietary

Full-featuredIDE for Python, Django and Google App Engine. Under activedevelopment.

PyDev

Linux,Windows, Mac OS X

Java,Eclipse

EPL

Eclipseplugin. Code-completion. Debugger.Under active development. (ShowMeDoVideos)

Pye

Linux,Windows

Python,Tk

GPLv3

Ultra-lightweight Python/text editor made in Python with Tk.Emphasis on easy customization and no-bloat attitude.

PyPE

Unix,Windows, Mac OS X

Python,wxPython

GPLv2

Written inPython - code folding, snippets, unicode, multiple documents, codecompletion, several languages, macros.

Pyshield

Linux,Windows

Proprietary

An IDE toolused to edit, debug Python scripts, publish encrypted scripts,build a standalone executable file, and make installation invarious forms(.msi, .tar.gz, .rpm, .zip, .tar.bz2). It includes aneditor simulating Emacs python-mode, a GUI debugger simulating GDB,a project view used to manage scripts, modules, extensions,packages and platform specific data files.

PythonToolkit (PTK)

Windows/Linux/Mac (wxPython)

Python

GPLv3

Aninteractive environment for python features include: Multipleindependent python interpreters. Interactively program withdifferent GUI toolkits (wxPython,TkInter,pyGTK, pyQT4 andPySide).Matlab style namespace/workspace browser. Object auto-completions,calltips and multi-line command editing in the console. Objectinspection and python path management. Simple code editor andintegrated debugger.

SciTE

Windows,Linux (GTK+)

C++

MIT-Like

A highlyconfigurable light-weight source code editor (about 50 fileformats) based on widely-used Scintilla rich text widget/control.Features: sytax highlighting, code folding, auto-indent, bracematching, codepage/unicode support, multiple documents, contexthelp, code execution, output pane, external toolssupport,RegExpfind/replace,text export (HTML, RTF, PDF, LaTeX,XML).PythonAPIfor calltips and autocompletionavailable.

SPE

Windows,Linux, Mac OS X

Python,wxPython

GPLv3

Stani'sPython Editor. Auto indentation, auto completion, call tips, syntaxcoloring/highlighting, UML viewer, class explorer, source index,auto todo list, sticky notes, integratedPyCrustshell,Python file browser, recent file browser,drag&drop, context help.Blendersupportwith a Blender 3D object browser, runs interactively insideBlender. Ships withWxGlade(GUIdesigner),PyChecker(sourcecode doctor) andKiki(regularexpression console). Extensible withWxGlade.(ShowMeDoVideos)

Spyder

Windows,Linux, Mac OS X

Python,PyQt4orPySide

MIT

Highly activeIDE project. It offers pretty much everything: syntax highlighting,auto-indentation, code browser, debugging with breakpoints, projectbrowser, code completion, refactoring and tooltips(withropelibraryinstalled; for a local installation on Linux, just add unpackedfolder to the Pythonpath with the integrated path manager in thetools menu). Especially suitable for scientific programming as itoffers an interface similar to Matlab, with integrated consoles,variable browsing and manipulation. For Windows it is convenientlyintegrated in thePython(x,y)distribution.

SlickEdit

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS X

Proprietary

Syntaxcoloring, popup function arguments, class hierarchy browser,graphical debugger, and other nice Python features. Context taggingwith class/module namespaces, code navigation, and smart indentingare also supported.

Sublime Text

Linux,Windows, Mac OS X

Proprietary

Beautifulinterface, Python syntax highlighting, Python plugins.

Vim

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS

C

Charityware

Highlyconfigurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing.Syntax coloring, indenting, autocompletion, and source-navigationtools for Python. Can be scripted in Python. SeealsoCream.

Wing IDE

Unix/X,Windows, Mac OS X

Proprietary

Powerfulcommercial IDE designed specifically for Python. Auto-completion,call tips, syntax highlighting, goto-definition, keyboard modes foremulating Visual Studio, VI/Vim, Emacs, & Brief,graphical debugger, code browser, integrated shell, scriptable inPython, and much more. (ShowMeDoVideos)

wxKonTEXT

Linux,Windows

Python,wxPython

GPL

Simple texteditor written in python. Syntax highlighter, Code fold, Exportcode in HTML....

Name

Platform

FreeSoftware?

ZeroPrice?

Notes

Beaver

Unix +GTK

Beaver is anEarlyAdVancedEditoR.Beaver is a GTK+2 editor designed to be light-weight, modular andstylish

Cooledit

Unix/X

?

?

Extensible inPython

CUTE

Unix + QT

scintillabased, with python scriptable text editor.

Deditor

Unix + Wx

folding,syntax highlighting, networking, debugging, python-specificfeatures,...

Glimmer

Unix +Gnome

?

?

Editorwritten in C with Python bindings.

goinedit

Unix +GTK

GoInEditis a text editor, IDE, thatintegrates a shell terminal and a powerful scripts to helps you tocompile, debug and execute, it has Python syntax highlighting.

GNU nano

ncurses

Tiny, fast,compatible but enhanced pico clone. nano can do syntaxhighlighting.

JOE

Unix

Color-highlightingWordStar-likeeditor supports many highlight modes

KWrite

Unix

Advancededitor for the KDE environment - supports Python syntax (uses Katecomponent).

Kate

Unix

KDE AdvancedText Editor - supports Python syntax. Now has a plugin to browsePython classes and globals. And there isotherplugintoautocompletion in Python

Moleskine

Linux/FreeBSD

?

?

Written inPython, so should be extensible using Python.

Quanta KDE

Linux +KDE

Full-featuredweb development environment that also supports Python.

Scribes

Unix +Gnome

Scribes is asimple, slim and sleek text editor for GNOME, with Python syntaxhighlighting.

Wily

Unix

Acme clonefor Unix. Can connect to it (and control it) from Python.

xrope

PythonTkinter

GUI, classbrowser, file manager, with code completion. Licensed under theGPL.

eggy

Unix

IDE withautocompletion, syntax highlighting, templates, project support,options for running code, integrated bash shell and support forgroup projects over the lan or internet. Also supports ruby, C,C++, Java, Perl, Web development and other languages. Easilyextendable in python by writing a plugin.UsesPyQt,lincensed under the GPL.

Name

Syntax Highlighting

FreeSoftware?

ZeroPrice?

Python-specific notes

Boxer Text Editor

X

X

Add Pythonsyntax highlighting by downloading free support file from Downloadspage.

Code-Genie

X

X

CodeWright

X

X

Pull theappropriate file fromhttp://www.codewright.com/support/addons.aspforPython support.

Crimson

?

e

X

X

Comes withthe Python bundle fromTextMate

Editeur

X

X

EditPadPro

X

X

EditPlus

X

X

Autocompletion via user-defined description files (manual setuprequired). Doesn't dynamically do autocompletion for classes.

EmEditor

X

X

Unicodeand multibyte languagessupport. Extremely fast. Find/Replace in Files. SupportsJavaScript/VBScript scripting.

FAR+colorer

X

X

Automatic (nowordlist)autocompletion.Also there arelotsof pluginsincluding evenanywindows scripting host (including python) scripting

HAP Debugger

?

Editor builtonSciTe;main claim to fame is a robust debugger that has remotecapabilities.

HippoEDIT

X

X

Very lightand fast code editor with a great range of features. Supportsmultiple documents and multiple views of the same document.

Hurricane Editor

X

X

Syntaxcoloring customizable.

Multi-Edit

X

X

Builtinsupport for Python.

NotePad++

This project,based on Scintilla edit component (a very powerful editorcomponent) and written in C++ with pure win32 api and STL. Supportsauto-completion, code folding, etc for C, C++, Java, Javascript,Python, C#, XML, HTML, VBScript, PHP, and plenty more! Can runPython scripts directly, using the Python Script plugin.

NotePad2

SupportsPython Syntax highlighting by default. Great Notepad replacementfor windows. Source available for download.

PrimalScript

X

X

Auto-Complete not available as of Mar-22-2009

Programmer Studio

X

X

Auto-completion, class browser, parameter tips, ...

Programmer's Notepad

Python syntaxhighlighting, quick code navigation, scripting in development, opensource.

PSPad

X

Classbrowser, auto-completion, syntax highlighting, ftp client, projectfiles, hex editor, file differences. Scriptable with Python(requires Windows Scripting Host and Python win32).

PyScripter

Auto-completion, call-tips, syntax highlighting, class browser,debugger, very fast (build with Delphi & Python forDelphi (P4D))

Python Tools for Visual Studio

Intellisense,Debugging

PythonWin

X

Auto-completion, call-tips, syntax highlighting, part of win32..

Source Insight

X

X

Symboldatabase support for Python if you get the Python.CLF file providedby the Source Insight folks.

Syn

?

IncrementalSearch, support Python scripting.

TextPad

X

Add Pythonwith a free download from the Textpad site.

UltraEdit

X

X

Supportssyntax coloring and autocompletion usingawordfile.Anupdatedversionthat supports Python 2.x is alsoavailable.

Visual Python

VisualTkinter, the Python language and visual graphic interface designedfor program developers. Write programs were tailored to the needsof visual GUI top-level support. Since December 2008 we projectgrowth continues Visual Tkinter saves time and mistakes. Fast faultdetection system and directs you to the appropriate line. Scintillaclass library is used for coloring paper.

Zeus

X

X

Classbrowsing, code folding, auto-completion, integrated CVS, projectmanagement, Python aware smart indenting, syntax coloring andbuiltin Python scripting.

ScriptDev

X

X

Supportsdebugging Python, Tcl, Ruby, Perl, Lua scripts. Code intelligence(Code completion, folding, auto-complete, code snippets, syntaxhighlighting matching tags, show keyword or variable informationwhen mouse over...). Keyword help and improved script document.Integrated commonly-used scripting libraries (Tk, wxPython, Pygame,Pmw, Numeric...). Supports compiling python scripts to Windows EXEfiles.

Name

Platform

Notes

AlphaTcl

MacOS

Python-modeextensible in Tcl

BBEdit

MacOS X 10.4or later

Full-featuredtext editor; includes Python support.TextWrangleristhe free version (see below).

Coda

MacOS X 10.4or later

"text editor+ file transfer + svn + css + terminal + books + more = whoah.welcome to coda. grow beautiful code."

EditXT

Mac OS X(Cocoa)

Programmer'stext editor with Python syntax highlighting. Written in Python withPyObjC. Open-source (GPL).

Fraise

OS X(Cocoa)

Fork ofSmultron. No longer under development

MacPython IDE

MacOS

IncludedinMacPythondistribution.

mi

MacOS 68kMaOS 9 MacOS X

Does notinitially include Python support but new language modes can becreated. One available hereMi_Python

SubEthaEdit

MacOS X

Python syntaxcoloring. Allow multiple author to edit the same filecollaborativelly over the network using "Bonjour" (previouslyRendezvous).

TextWrangler

MacOS X 10.4or later

Free andfull-featured text editor based on BBEdit. Includes Python syntaxhighlighting.

Xcode

MacOS X

Free IDE andtext editor. Includes Python syntax coloring.

TextMate

Mac OS X10.3.9+

Great Cocoaeditor with Python support including syntax coloring, integrateddocumentation, and a runtime wrapper with hyperlinked tracebacks.Note that code-folding of classes is currently broken for PEP 8compliant code.

Smultron

Mac OS X 10.6or later

Again underactive development, support for Python syntax coloring. Onlyavailable in the Mac App Store.

ScrIDE

Mac OS X 10.3or later

Free OS Xbased IDE for the Python (and other) programming language (replacesdiscontinued PyOXIDE), with syntax coloring, completion, tool tips,source level debugger, help browser, etc...

Tincta

Mac OS X 10.6or later

Free texteditor, with Python syntax highlighting. A paid pro version withmore features is also available.

Name

Platform

Notes

Anjuta

Unix +GNOME

Cross-language IDE; syntax coloring & folding forPython.

Code Crusader

Linux x86

CommercialIDE with support to 30 other languages.

CodeForge

Unix

Commercialcross-language IDE; nice multi-user project manager.

DrPython

Python +wxPython

Simple,Highly Customizable Editor/Environment. A TributetoDrScheme.

Genie Jython

Java + Jython+ Python

AnOpenSourceIDEfor Python, Jython, and Java. Supports Syntax highlighting, CodeCompletion and many more. Developed inJava.

IDEStudio

Python +Tkinter + Tix

An extendedversion of IDLE usingTix.

IntelliJ IDEA

Java

Java IDE withPython support throughPythonidplugin- includes code completion, syntax& error highlighting, intra-file refactoring

KDevelop

Unix +KDE

Cross-language IDE for KDE - supports Python syntax/projects.

Netbeans

Java

A Java IDEwith an optional plugin for Jython.

PyPE

Windows/X(Python+wxPython)

Written inPython - code folding, snippets, unicode, multiple documents, codecompletion, several languages, macros.

PythonWin

Windows

Availableeither as part ofActiveState'sActivePythondistribution(which is not open source) or as part oftheWin32Allextensionsfrom Mark's pages (which is open source).

rope

Unix/Windows/Mac

rope is apython IDE aimed at providing a rich set of softwarerefactorings.

SourceNavigator

Unix/Windowswith Tcl/Tk

Cross-language IDE & Source code analysis tool.

TruStudio

Eclipse

Python andPHP IDE; available in commercial Professional and open-sourceFoundation versions

VisualWx

Windows

GUI designerfor wxPython.

WaveMaker

Linux/Windows/Mac

Fullfeatured, free (Affero GPL licensed) IDE bundled with wxPython,features projects, scintilla, and debugging

WxDesigner

Unix/Windows/Mac

Non-freeCross-language GUI dialog designer with integrated support forediting your Python callback functions.

WxGlade

Unix/Windows/Mac

A "designer"forWxPython(requireswxPython)

Ulipad

Unix/Windows/Mac

Multi-language editor that support python autocomplete,Direcotry/class browser, tags/multi-views editing, unicode, andDjango wizard(requires wxPython)

xrope

PythonTkinter

GUI, classbrowser, file manager, with code completion. Licensed under theGPL.

Name

Platform

Notes

PyCrust

Python+PyCrust

InteractivePython shell included in wxPython.

PySlices

Python+PySlices

New"notebook" version ofPyCrustwithsave/load features and the ability to run blocks of code inseparate "slices".

IPython

Unix, MacOSX, Windows

Enhancedinteractive Python shell. Also usable as pythonic system shell(bash/cmd.exe) replacement. Supports autocompletion. Inline syntaxhighlighting. (ShowMeDoVideos)

JyConsole

Java, atleast 1.4

Interactive,embeddable Jython shell with code completion. Licensed under theQPL.

win32

Interactivepython shell using wxPython. py script and exe for win. Dataplotting capability from within the shell. Free.

khpython

KDE

Aninteractive Python shell using PyKDE and a KHTMLPart (for HTMLrendering).

PEEQ

Python 2.3(or higher) andPyQt

Aninteractive Python shell usingPyQt.

bpython

Unix, MacOSX

Interactiveshell with highlighting and autocomplete.

Name

Platform

Notes

Python for iOS

iOS

Universal iOS(iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) IDE.

PyPad

iOS

IDE foriPad

PythonMath

iOS

A PythonInterpreter focused on math modules