Name

Platform

Notes

[http://www.purl.org/net/alphatk/about.html Alphatk]

Unix,Windows,Mac OS X

Extensible in Tcl, Tk; Can interact with python.

[http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/features.html Bluefish]

Linux, MacOS X

The link point the features page.

[http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/PythonCardEditor codeEditor]

Unix, Windows, Mac

Extensible in Python; part of [http://www.pythoncard.org/ PythonCard]. Includes PyCrust shell.

[http://cooledit.sourceforge.net/ Cooledit]

Unix/X

Extensible in Python

[http://www.crisp.demon.co.uk/ CRiSP]

Unix, Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, SunOS, Solaris, HPUX, SGI Irix, Windows, Cygwin, MacOS

BRIEF-compatible, supports Python syntax, in-buffer Python interpreter, supports lots of languages. Powerful macro language.

[http://cute.sourceforge.net/ CUTE]

Unix + QT

scintilla based, with python scriptable text editor.

DrPython

Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X

Simple, Highly Customizable Editor/Environment. A Tribute to DrScheme.

EmacsEditor

Unix, Windows, Mac

Python support with EmacsPythonMode. Extensible in Python using [http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard/pymacs/ pymacs]

[http://www.lugaru.com/ Epsilon]

Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and OS/2

Customizable Python mode.

[http://fte.sourceforge.net/ FTE Text Editor]

Windows, Unix, DOS, OS/2 console, Unix/X

Supports lots of languages, including Python; doesn't seem programmable

[http://glimmer.sourceforge.net/ Glimmer]

Unix + Gnome

Editor written in C with Python bindings.

[http://www.jasspa.com/ Jasspa's MicroEmacs]

Unix, Windows

Supports Python syntax and a Python-specific menu.

[http://space.mit.edu/~davis/jedsoft/jed/ JED]

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

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.

[http://armedbear-j.sf.net/ j]

Java

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

JedIt

Java

Has two plugins - one for Jython and one for Python - interactive debugging, code browsing, highlighting.

JeXt

Java

A Java text editor which offers embedded Python scripting (thanks to Jython).

[http://sourceforge.net/projects/joe-editor/ JOE]

Unix.

[http://www.kde.org/ KWrite]

Unix

Advanced editor for the KDE environment - supports Python syntax.

[http://www.kde.org/kate/ Kate]

Unix

KDE Advanced Text Editor (uses KWrite component) - supports Python syntax. Now has a plugin to browse Python classes and globals.

[http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html Leo]

Unix, Windows, Mac

Outlining editor, fully scriptable and extensible, supporting [http://www.literateprogramming.com literate programming]. 100% pure Python code.

[http://www.micampe.it/software/moleskine Moleskine]

Linux/FreeBSD

Written in Python, so should be extensible using Python.

[http://nedit.org/ NEdit]

Unix, VMS, Win32, MacOS X

X-Based, Python support builtin.

[http://newedit.tigris.org NewEdit]

Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X

A flexible editor based on wxPython. It can be easily extended with mixins and plugins, and has many features.

[http://www.digitalwandering.com/ Pepper]

MacOS Classic/MacOS X, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows 2k/XP

Builtin support for Python. Was defunct, now revived. Incremental search. No tabbed-interface.

[http://pydev.sf.net/ pyDev]

Win, Linux, Mac (Eclipse Plugin)

Eclipse plugin

[http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/ pyeditor]

Unix

Editor written in Python atop PyScintilla and PyGtk.

[http://pype.sourceforge.net/ PyPE]

Windows/X (Python+wxPython)

Written in Python - code folding, snippets, unicode, multiple documents, code completion, several languages.

[http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/PythonCardEditor PythonCardEditor]

Unix/Windows/Mac

Extensible in Python, part of PythonCard.

[http://quanta.sourceforge.net/ Quanta KDE]

Linux + KDE

Full-featured web development environment that also supports Python.

SciTe

Unix/Windows

An application of the widely-used Scintilla rich text widget/control. [http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/gen_python_api.zip Python API] for calltips and autocompletion available.

[http://spe.pycs.net SPE]

Windows, Linux, Mac OS X (Python+wxPython)

Stani's Python Editor. Auto indentation, auto completion, call tips, syntax coloring/highlighting, UML viewer, class explorer, source index, auto todo list, sticky notes, integrated PyCrust shell, Python file browser, recent file browser, drag&drop, context help. [http://www.blender3d.org Blender] support with a Blender 3D object browser, runs interactively inside Blender. Ships with WxGlade (GUI designer), PyChecker (source code doctor) and [http://project5.freezope.org/kiki/ Kiki] (regular expression console). Extensible with WxGlade.

ViImproved (Vim)

Unix, Windows, MacOS, etc.

Highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. Syntax coloring, indenting, and source-navigation tools for Python. Can be scripted in Python.

[http://www.slickedit.com/ Visual Slick Edit]

Windows, Linux, Several Unix Flavors, OS/390

Syntax coloring, popup function arguments, class hierarchy browser, other nice Python features.

[http://www.cs.yorku.ca/~oz/wily/ Wily]

Unix

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

[http://soft.kaworu.it/wxKonTEXTen.htm wxKonTEXT]

Unix/Windows

Simple text editor written in python.Syntax highlighter, Code fold, Export code in HTML....

Name

Syntax Highlighting

Free

Python-specific notes

[http://farmanager.com FAR]+[http://colorer.sf.net colorer]

Automatic (no wordlist) [http://plugring.farmanager.com/cgi-bin/downld.cgi?Lang=Eng&Draw=List&Sort=Date&SelectCateg=Addons&Select=PlugIn&SelectPlugIn=98&SelectAuthor=0&SelectOther=1&SearchText= autocompletion]. Also there are [http://plugring.farmanager.com/index_e.html lots of plugins] including even [http://scrhostplugin.sf.net any windows scripting host (including python) scripting]

[http://www.code-genie.com/ Code-Genie]

[http://www.codewright.com/ CodeWright]

Pull the appropriate file from http://www.codewright.com/support/addons.asp for Python support.

[http://www.context.cx/ ConText]

Spaces instead of tabs (and one backspace to delete four spaces). Code templates.

[http://www.crimsoneditor.com/ Crimson]

[http://www.studioware.com/ Editeur]

[http://www.editpadpro.com/ EditPad Pro]

[http://www.editplus.com/ EditPlus]

Autocompletion via description files.

[http://www.emurasoft.com/ EmEditor]

Unicode and multibyte languages support. Extremely fast. Find/Replace in Files. Supports JavaScript/VBScript scripting.

[http://hapdebugger.sourceforge.net/ HAP Debugger]

Editor built on SciTe; main claim to fame is a robust debugger that has remote capabilities.

[http://www.hurricanesoft.com/ Hurricane Editor]

Syntax coloring customizable.

[http://www.med-editor.com/indexus.html MED]

Auto-completion, customizable keybindings, section browser...

[http://www.multiedit.com/ Multi-Edit]

Builtin support for Python.

[http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html NotePad2]

Supports Python Syntax highlighting by default. Great Notepad replacement for windows. Source available for download.

[http://sapien.com/ PrimalCode]

Auto-completion.

[http://sapien.com/ PrimalScript]

Auto-completion

[http://www.programmerstudio.com/ Programmer Studio]

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

[http://www.pspad.com/ PSPad]

Class browser, auto-completion, syntax highlighting, ftp client, project files, hex editor, file differences ..

[http://www.sourcedyn.com/ Source Insight]

Symbol database support for Python if you get the Python.CLF file provided by the Source Insight folks.

[http://syn.sourceforge.net/ Syn]

Incremental Search, support Python scripting.

[http://www.textpad.com/ TextPad]

Add Python with a free download from the Textpad site.

[http://www.ultraedit.com/ UltraEdit]

Supports syntax coloring and autocompletion using a [http://www.ultraedit.com/downloads/additional.html wordfile]. An [http://gurno.com/adam/py-ue.shtml updated version] that supports Python 2.x is also available.

[http://www.zeusedit.com/ Zeus]

Class browsing, auto-completion, and builtin Python scripting.

Name

Platform

Notes

[http://alphatcl.sf.net AlphaTcl]

MacOS

Python-mode extensible in Tcl

[http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit.html BBEdit]

MacOS 9/MacOS X

Full-featured text editor; includes Python support. TextWrangler is the free version (see below).

[http://www.idearesources.com/ irEdit]

MacOS X

Builtin support for Python.

[http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython.html MacPython IDE]

MacOS

Included in MacPython distribution.

[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~gf6d-kmym/en/mimi/mimidownload.html mi]

MacOS 68k MaOS 9 MacOS X

Does not initially include Python support but new language modes can be created. One available here [http://francois.granger.free.fr/MacPython/Mi%20Python.sit Mi_Python]

[http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/ SubEthaEdit]

MacOS X

Python syntax coloring. Allow multiple author to edit the same file collaborativelly over the network using "rendezvous".

[http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/index.shtml TextWrangler]

MacOS X

Free and full-featured text editor based on BBEdit. Includes Python syntax highlighting.

[http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/ Xcode]

MacOS X

Free IDE and text editor. Includes Python syntax coloring.

Name

Platform

Notes

[http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycrust/ PyCrust]

Python + wxPython

Interactive Python shell using wxPython.

[http://ipython.scipy.org/ IPython]

Unix, MacOS X, Windows

Enhanced interactive Python shell. Also usable as pythonic system shell (bash/cmd.exe) replacement.

[http://www.chez.com/spinecho/pypsi/pagpypsi.htm psi]

win32

Interactive python shell using wxPython. py script and exe for win. Real and complex data plotting capability. Free.

[http://www.boddie.org.uk/david/Projects/Python/KDE/khpython/ khpython]

KDE

An interactive Python shell using PyKDE and a KHTMLPart (for HTML rendering).