Please keep wiki links as wiki links, use external links only if there is no existing page for the IDE.
Reviews
Python Development Environments (IDEs) [http://blog.showmedo.com/2007/04/04/get-going-with-python-2-python-development-environments-ides-part-1/ part1], [http://blog.showmedo.com/2007/04/04/get-going-with-python-2-python-development-environments-ides-part-2/ part2] (Ian Ozsvald, 2007-05-14)
[http://blog.showmedo.com/2007/03/08/choosing-a-python-ide/ ShowMeDo Blog: Choosing a Python IDE] (Jeremy Jones, 2007-03-08)
September 2005 [http://spyced.blogspot.com/2005/09/review-of-6-python-ides.html Review of 6 Python IDEs] (PyDev, Eric3, Boa, BlackAdder, ["Komodo"], Wing) and the February 2006 [http://spyced.blogspot.com/2006/02/pycon-python-ide-review.html follow-up review of 4] (PyDev, SPE, Komodo, Wing)
[http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-cpyide/ Charming Python: Review of Python IDEs] (David Mertz, 2003-12-11)
[http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-pide/ Charming Python: A review of Python IDEs] (David Mertz, 2001-05-01)
[http://www.informit.com/content/index.asp?product_id={69D0061B-8EA5-4309-962A-3F6BD33B721C}&t={94AE5B48-1D7D-462A-A4A6-83CE19EC0705}&n={1CBD305F-D503-49FA-9699-8B2C06C9C520} A New Harvest of Python IDEs] (Boudewijn Rempt, 2000-11-27)
and these ShowMeDo videos for [http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=DedxPxuMK Wing 3 Professional] [http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=PythonDevelopmentWithSPE SPE], [http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=PyDevEclipseList PyDev] (inside Eclipse) and [http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=PythonIPythonSeries IPython].
IDEs with introspection-based code completion and integrated debugger
Name |
Platform |
Updated |
Notes |
["Komodo"] |
Windows/Linux/Mac OS X |
2008 |
Multi-language IDE. Available as Komodo IDE (commercial) and Komodo Edit (open source, as part of the OpenKomodo project) [Note: This seems to be totally incorrect - Komodo Edit is closed-source, and is not part of the OpenKomodo project. The first usable application from OpenKomodo looks like it will be called "Komodo SnapDragon", but it is unclear if that will have any Python support at all.] |
Eclipse |
2008 |
Open source plugin for Eclipse -- Allows Python and Jython Editing, code-completion, debugger, refactoring, templates, syntax analysis, etc.; see also [http://www.fabioz.com/pydev PyDev Extensions] |
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Windows/Linux/Mac OS X/Unix |
2008 |
Commercial with networked debugger, integrated unit testing, source browser, and syntax coloring/auto-completing editor. Free license for non-commercial open-source developers with an established project. |
IDEs with introspection-based code completion /or/ integrated debugger
Name |
Platform |
Updated |
Notes |
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Windows/Linux |
2004 |
Commercial; integrated debugger; interfaces with Qt Designer |
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["eric"] |
Python + PyQt + QScintilla |
2008 |
Interfaces with Qt Designer, Qt Linguist, unittest; integrated debugger |
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[http://pida.co.uk/ PIDA] |
Python + GTK |
2007 |
Integrated source control, debugger, and profiler |
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Windows |
2008 |
Integrated debugger. Requires Python 2.3 or later to be installed |
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Windows, Linux, MacOsX, FreeBSD, more |
2008 |
Open-source with [http://www.wxpython.org wxPython] interface. Code completion, call tips, class explorer, source index, auto todo list, [http://www.blender.org Blender] support, integrated [http://pychecker.sourceforge.net/ PyChecker] (source code doctor) and [http://project5.freezope.org/kiki Kiki] (regex console). [http://pythonide.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-to-download-latest-spe-from_26.html Download instructions] |
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[http://pida.co.uk/ Pida] |
Linux, FreeBSD, ..., (Windows in progress) |
2007 (2008 dev) |
Open-source with GTK interface, written in Python. Supports different languages, python trough [http://rope.sourceforge.net/ rope] and pyflakes as well as rpdb2. Support different Editors (Vim, Medit, Emacs) |
[http://pida.co.uk/trac/wiki/DeveloperRepos Current Repos] |
IDEs with integrated gui builder
Name |
Platform |
Updated |
Notes |
Python + wxPython |
2007 |
RAD GUI building IDE for wxPython, similar to Delphi. |
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Python + wxPython |
2006 |
RAD GUI building IDE |
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[http://developer.apple.com/ Xcode] |
Mac OS X 10.5 and later |
2008 |
Apple's free IDE now with full Python GUI making. Requires free developer registration for download. |
Editors
Take a look at PythonEditors if you prefer something lightweight. IDEs that don't integrate anything Python-specific are also listed here.