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Multiplatform Editors
Name |
Platform |
Impl. Language |
License |
Notes |
Linux, FreeBSD |
Python, GTK |
GPLv3 |
Embed Vim. Little brother of PIDA |
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Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X |
Tcl/Tk |
Proprietary |
Extensible in Tcl, Tk; Can interact with python. |
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Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X |
Python |
MIT |
Python language support for Atom-IDE, powered by the Python language server. |
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Linux, Windows, Mac OS X |
C++, wxWidgets |
GPLv3 |
class browser does not currently work for .py files, but it's still a nice IDE to use for python projects |
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Linux, Windows, Mac OS X |
C, GTK+ |
GPLv3 |
The link points to the features page. |
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Linux, Windows, FreeBSD |
C |
GPLv3 |
Cream is a free and easy-to-use configuration of the powerful and famous Vim text editor for both Microsoft Windows and GNU/Lfinux. |
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Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X |
C, GTK+ |
GPLv2 |
CSS editor with syntax highlighting for Python, and embedded Python interpreter. Extensible through a Python API. |
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Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X |
Python, wxPython |
BSD |
Extensible in Python; part of PythonCard. Includes PyCrust shell. |
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Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X |
Python |
Proprietary |
Free version includes Python support. |
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Linux, Windows, Mac OS X |
Python, PyQt |
GPLv3 |
Complete IDE, very well integrated with PyQT development, but usable for any kind of project. Supports projects, debugging, auto-complete, syntax coloring, etc. It is extensible via plug-in system. Integrated version control interface for Git, Subversion and Mercurial through core plugins. eric6 requires Python 3 (and, if desired, PyQt5), and supports CxFreeze and PyInstaller, Django and Pyramid, PyLint and Vulture |
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Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X |
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Proprietary |
BRIEF-compatible, supports Python syntax, in-buffer Python interpreter, supports lots of languages. Powerful macro language. |
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Windows, Mac OS X, Linux |
Tcl/Tk |
Public domain |
DRAKON diagram editor with code generation in Python. |
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Windows, Linux and Mac/MacPorts |
Python, PyGTK |
GPLv3 |
Interactive shell with history box and code box, auto-completion of attributes and file names, auto-display of function arguments and documentation. Keeps your recent results, provides session history saving (optionally in HTML), interactive plotting with matplotlib. Extremely fast and responsive. |
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Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X |
Python, wxPython |
GPL |
Simple, Highly Customizable Editor/Environment. A Tribute to DrScheme. |
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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 via the PyDEV plugin. |
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Linux, Windows |
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Proprietary |
Built-in Python syntax highlighting, Python class browsing, Python-compatible regular expressions, code folding, and extensive options for running external tools such as Python scripts. |
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Linux, Windows, Mac OS X |
Python, wxPython |
wxWindows |
A general purpose developer's text editor written in Python/wxPython. It supports python syntax highlighting, auto-ident, auto-completion, classbrowser, and can run scripts from inside the editor. Extensible with plugins written in python. |
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Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS |
C, Lisp |
GPLv3 |
Python support with EmacsPythonMode. Extensible in Python using pymacs |
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Linux, Windows, FreeBSD and OS/2 |
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Proprietary |
Customizable Python mode, syntax coloring, function tagging. |
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Linux, Windows, Mac OS |
Python, PyQt4 |
GPLv3 |
Extensible editor written in Python, Python/C/Nim code tree browser, 3-window editing, text diff, multi-language support, Python REPL, manipulate editor text with Python code |
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Unix/X, Windows, DOS, OS/2 |
C++ |
GPL |
Supports lots of languages, including Python; doesn't seem programmable |
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Unix/X, Windows |
C, GTK+ |
GPLv2 |
A small and lightweight GTK+ IDE that supports lots of languages, including Python. |
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Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS |
C, Python |
GPLv2 |
gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment, with Python syntax highlighting. |
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Linux, Windows, Mac OS X |
Java |
GPLv2 |
syntax coloring for python, extensible with jython, supports many file formats, has folding, fully customisable, has sidebar for class and functions, fast for a Java application |
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Unix, Windows |
C |
GPLv2 |
Supports Python syntax and a Python-specific menu. |
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Unix, VMS, MSDOS, OS/2, BeOS, QNX, and Windows. |
C |
GPLv2 |
Syntax highlighting and indenting, (optional) emacs keybindings, programmable with s-lang. Note: comment out "msw_help(..." line in pymode.sl if you are having problems on Windows. |
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Unix, Windows, Mac OS |
Java |
GPLv2 |
Has three plugins - one for Jython and one for Python/Jython JpyDbg - interactive editing debugging, code browsing, highlighting. |
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Linux, Windows, Mac OS |
Java, Python |
GPL |
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Unix/OSX/Cygwin/Interix (curses), MS-DOS (DR DOS, FreeDOS, Win, OS/2 DOS-Box) |
C |
GPL |
Versatile WordStar-like editor (JOE fork) with many colourised syntax-highlighting modes |
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Linux, Windows, Mac OS |
C++ |
GPLv2 |
Kde main developping 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. |
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Unix, Windows, Mac OS X |
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Proprietary |
Komodo is an award winning Python IDE from ActiveState. Fully-integrated Python 3 support featuring code intelligence with autocomplete and calltips, Python debugger (includes remote debugging), interactive shell, remote file support, macros, templating, emacs command support and great help documentation. There is also an open-source version called Komodo Edit (Source), as part of the Open Komodo project started November 2007. |
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Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X |
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Proprietary/Open Source |
scaled-down version of Komodo IDE which also supports Python, but excludes the integrated debugger. |
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Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X |
Python, wxPython |
GPLv3 |
Python IDE with focus is on simplicity and ease of use. It is fast and lightweight. It features Python indentation, line numbers, code folding, syntax highlighting, shell access, code completion, a program runner, a source browser, indentation guides, a white space indicator, autosaving, an edge line, multiple tabs, printing, jumping to a specific line, word searching, word replacement, zooming undo/redo, pastebin.com code submission, Python syntax checking, the ability to change the indentation of many lines at once, autocompletiton, and bad brace checking. |
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Linux, Windows, Mac OS X |
Python, PyQt |
MIT |
Outlining editor, fully scriptable and extensible, supporting literate programming. 100% pure Python code. |
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Unix, Windows |
C, GTK+ |
LGPL |
Gtk editor with python bindings, allows plugins written in python. |
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Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD |
Go, Lua |
MIT |
A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor (nano successor) |
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Linux, Windows |
C |
GNU GPL |
Small, terminal-based editor, Syntax highlighting |
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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. v2.4 released 2012-04 |
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Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X |
C |
GPLv2 |
X-Based, Python support builtin. |
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Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X, others |
Java |
GPLv2 |
Netbeans is an open extensible cross platform IDE ; Support for Python can be obtained via the JpyDbg plugin. A new plugin exists for Netbeans 6.5 or newer - info. |
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Linux, Windows, Mac OS |
Python, PyQt4 |
GPLv3 |
Lightweight and extensible editor. Class browser, project manager, PEP8 finder, virtualenv, plugin support |
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Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X |
Python, wxPython |
GPLv2 |
wxPython based editor. Can be easily extended with mixins and plugins, and has many features. Seems to be biased towards Python web development as contains FTP GUI, RSS aggregator and HTML preview. |
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Linux, Windows, Mac OS X |
Java |
Apache 2.0 |
Full-featured IDE for Python. Has Free and Open Source edition fully supporting Python as well as proprietary Professional Edition with Django, Flask, Pyramid and Google App Engine support. |
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Linux, Windows, Mac OS X |
Java, Eclipse |
EPL |
Eclipse plugin. Code-completion. Debugger. Under active development. |
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Linux, Windows |
Python, Tk |
GPLv3 |
Ultra-lightweight Python/text editor made in Python with Tk. Emphasis on easy customization and no-bloat attitude. |
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PyBoard, Unix, Windows, Mac OS X |
Python |
MIT |
Written in Python - simple small editor, suitable for MicroPython/circuitPython/Pycopy. |
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Unix, Windows, Mac OS X |
Python, wxPython |
GPLv2 |
Written in Python - code folding, snippets, unicode, multiple documents, code completion, several languages, macros. |
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Linux, Windows, Mac OS X |
