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|| [[http://www.quickmediasolutions.com/software/powerpad/|PowerPad]] || Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, Linux (with GTK+ 2) || X || (./) || Easy to use text editor with syntax highlighting for Python. Also embeds the Python interpreter, allowing third parties to easily extend the functionality of the application ||

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Multiplatform Editors

Name

Platform

FreeSoftware?

ZeroPrice?

Notes

Alphatk

Unix,Windows,Mac OS X

X

X

Extensible in Tcl, Tk; Can interact with python.

Code::Blocks

Linux, Windows

(./)

(./)

class browser does not currently work for .py files, but it's still a nice IDE to use for python projects

Bluefish

Linux, MacOS X

(./)

(./)

The link points to the features page.

Cream

Linux,Windows,FreeBSD

(./)

(./)

Cream is a free and easy-to-use configuration of the powerful and famous Vim text editor for both Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux.

Cssed

Linux,Windows,Mac OS X, BSD

(./)

(./)

Editor with syntax highlighting for Python, and embeded Python interpreter. Extensible through a Python API.

codeEditor

Unix, Windows, Mac

(./)

(./)

Extensible in Python; part of PythonCard. Includes PyCrust shell.

ConText

Windows

X

(./)

Text Editor that can work with many formats, such as HTML and Javascript, and it also includes a Python reader.

eric3 and eric4

Unix,Windows

(./)

(./)

Complete IDE, very well integrated with PyQT development, but usable for any kind of project. Supports projects, debugging, auto-complete, syntax coloring, etc.

CRiSP

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

?

X

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

DrPython

Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X

(./)

(./)

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

Eclipse

Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X, others

(./)

(./)

"Eclipse is ... an open extensible IDE for anything and nothing in particular." Support for Python can be obtained via the PyDEV plugin.

Eclipse+Afae

Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X, others

(./)

(./)

In addition to PyDEV, support for Python can be obtained via the Afae plugin which supports many languages (Afae also shows whitespace).

EditPad Pro

Windows, Linux

X

X

Powerful and flexible text editor with 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.

Editra

Linux, Mac OS X, Windows

(./)

(./)

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.

EmacsEditor

Unix, Windows, Mac

(./)

(./)

Python support with EmacsPythonMode. Extensible in Python using pymacs

Epsilon

Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and OS/2

X

X

Customizable Python mode, syntax coloring, function tagging.

FTE Text Editor

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

(./)

(./)

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

Geany

Windows, Unix/X

(./)

(./)

A small and lightweight GTK+ IDE that supports lots of languages, including Python.

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

jHepWork

Java

(./)

(./)

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

Jasspa's MicroEmacs

Unix, Windows

(./)

(./)

Supports Python syntax and a Python-specific menu.

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.

JEdit

Java

(./)

(./)

Has three plugins - one for Jython and one for Python/Jython JpyDbg - interactive editing debugging, code browsing, highlighting.

JpyDbg

Win, Linux, Mac (Netbeans jEdit cross IDE Plugin)

(./)

(./)

Netbeans jEdit cross IDE plugin

JuffEd

QT

(./)

(./)

Quite simple text editor based on QT library (therefore available for all major platforms) and (v0.3) qScintilla library

Jupp

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

(./)

(./)

Versatile WordStar-like editor (JOE fork) with many colourised syntax-highlighting modes

pythonnetbeans6

Win, Linux, Mac

(./)

(./)

Small plugin for Netbeans 6.0.1 or later - Code folding, syntax highlightning, navigator. Basic python support: No debugging, no shell execution.

kdevelop

Win, Linux, Mac

(./)

(./)

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.

Komodo IDE

Unix, Windows, Mac OS X

X

X

Komodo is an award winning Python IDE from ActiveState. Fully-integrated python support featuring code intelligence with autocomplete and calltips, python debugger (includes remote debugging), interactive shell, remote file support, macros, templating, emacs command support and it all comes with great help documentation. There is a open-source version called Komodo Edit (Source), as part of the OpenKomodo project started November 2007.

Komodo Edit

Unix, Windows, Mac OS X

X

(./)

Komodo Edit is an open-sourced (Source), scaled-down version of Komodo IDE which also supports Python.

Leo

Unix, Windows, Mac

(./)

(./)

Outlining editor, fully scriptable and extensible, supporting literate programming. 100% pure Python code.

MED

Windows, OS/2

X

X

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

medit

Unix,Windows

(./)

(./)

Gtk editor with python bindings, allows plugins written in python.

NEdit

Unix, VMS, Win32, MacOS X

(./)

(./)

X-Based, Python support builtin.

Netbeans

Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X, others

(./)

(./)

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.

UliPad

Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X

(./)

(./)

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.

Pepper

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

?

?

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

PowerPad

Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, Linux (with GTK+ 2)

X

(./)

Easy to use text editor with syntax highlighting for Python. Also embeds the Python interpreter, allowing third parties to easily extend the functionality of the application

pyDev

Win, Linux, Mac (Eclipse Plugin)

(./)

(./)

Eclipse plugin. Code-completion. Debugger. Under active development. (ShowMeDo Videos)

Pye

Windows, Linux

(./)

(./)

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

PyPE

Windows/X (Python+wxPython)

(./)

(./)

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

PythonCardEditor

Unix/Windows/Mac

?

?

Extensible in Python, part of PythonCard.

SciTe

Unix/Windows

(./)

(./)

A highly configurable light-weight source code editor (about 50 file formats) based on widely-used Scintilla rich text widget/control. Features: sytax highlighting, code folding, auto-indent, brace matching, codepage/unicode support, multiple documents, context help, code execution, output pane, external tools support, RegExp find/replace, text export (HTML, RTF, PDF, LaTeX, XML). Python API for calltips and autocompletion available.

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. Blender support with a Blender 3D object browser, runs interactively inside Blender. Ships with WxGlade (GUI designer), PyChecker (source code doctor) and Kiki (regular expression console). Extensible with WxGlade. (ShowMeDo Videos)

SlickEdit

Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, IRIX, HP-UX and Mac OS X

X

X

Syntax coloring, popup function arguments, class hierarchy browser, graphical debugger, and other nice Python features. Context tagging with class/module namespaces, code navigation, and smart indenting are also supported.

Vim

Unix, Windows, MacOS, etc.

(./)

(./)

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

Wing IDE

Windows, Linux, and MacOS with X11 Server

X

X

Powerful commercial IDE designed for specifically for Python. Auto-completion, call tips, syntax highlighting, goto-definition, keyboard modes for emulating Visual Studio, VI/Vim, Emacs, & Brief, graphical debugger, code browser, integrated shell, scriptable in Python, and much more. (ShowMeDo Videos)

wxKonTEXT

Unix/Windows

?

?

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

Unix-Only Editors

Name

Platform

FreeSoftware?

ZeroPrice?

Notes

Cooledit

Unix/X

?

?

Extensible in Python

CUTE

Unix + QT

(./)

(./)

scintilla based, with python scriptable text editor.

gedit

Unix + Gnome

(./)

(./)

gedit is the official text editor of the GNOME desktop environment, with Python syntax highlighting.

Glimmer

Unix + Gnome

?

?

Editor written in C with Python bindings.

GNU nano

ncurses

(./)

(./)

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

JOE

Unix

(./)

(./)

Color-highlighting WordStar-like editor supports many highlight modes

KWrite

Unix

(./)

(./)

Advanced editor for the KDE environment - supports Python syntax (uses Kate component).

Kate

Unix

(./)

(./)

KDE Advanced Text Editor - supports Python syntax. Now has a plugin to browse Python classes and globals.

Moleskine

Linux/FreeBSD

?

?

Written in Python, so should be extensible using Python.

Quanta KDE

Linux + KDE

(./)

(./)

Full-featured web development environment that also supports Python.

Scribes

Unix + Gnome

(./)

(./)

Scribes is a simple, slim and sleek text editor for GNOME, with Python syntax highlighting.

Wily

Unix

(./)

(./)

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

xrope

Python Tkinter

(./)

(./)

GUI, class browser, file manager, with code completion. Licensed under the GPL.

eggy

Unix

(./)

(./)

IDE with autocompletion, syntax highlighting, templates, project support, options for running code, integrated bash shell and support for group projects over the lan or internet. Also supports ruby, C, C++, Java, Perl, Web development and other languages. Easily extendable in python by writing a plugin. Uses PyQt, lincensed under the GPL.

Windows-Only Editors

Name

Syntax Highlighting

FreeSoftware?

ZeroPrice?

Python-specific notes

Boxer Text Editor

(./)

X

X

Add Python syntax highlighting by downloading free support file from Downloads page.

Code-Genie

(./)

X

X

CodeWright

(./)

X

X

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

ConText

(./)

?

(./)

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

Crimson

(./)

?

(./)

e

(./)

X

X

Comes with the Python bundle from TextMate

Editeur

(./)

X

X

EditPadPro

(./)

X

X

EditPlus

(./)

X

X

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

EmEditor

(./)

X

X

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

FAR+colorer

(./)

X

X

Automatic (no wordlist) autocompletion. Also there are lots of plugins including even any windows scripting host (including python) scripting

HAP Debugger

(./)

?

(./)

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

Hurricane Editor

(./)

X

X

Syntax coloring customizable.

Multi-Edit

(./)

X

X

Builtin support for Python.

NotePad++

(./)

(./)

(./)

This project, based on Scintilla edit component (a very powerful editor component) and written in C++ with pure win32 api and STL. Supports auto-completion, code folding, etc for C, C++, Java, Javascript, Python, C#, XML, HTML, VBScript, PHP, and plenty more!

NotePad2

(./)

(./)

(./)

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

PN2

(./)

(./)

(./)

Python syntax highlighting, quick code navigation, scripting in development, open source.

PrimalScript

(./)

X

X

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

Programmer Studio

(./)

X

X

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

PSPad

(./)

X

(./)

Class browser, auto-completion, syntax highlighting, ftp client, project files, 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 for Delphi (P4D))

PythonWin

(./)

X

(./)

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

Source Insight

(./)

X

X

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

Syn

(./)

?

(./)

Incremental Search, support Python scripting.

Sublime Text

(./)

X

X

Beautiful interface, Python syntax highlighting, Python plugins.

TextPad

(./)

X

(./)

Add Python with a free download from the Textpad site.

UltraEdit

(./)

X

X

Supports syntax coloring and autocompletion using a wordfile. An updated version that supports Python 2.x is also available.

Zeus

(./)

X

X

Class browsing, code folding, auto-completion, integrated CVS, project management, Python aware smart indenting, syntax coloring and builtin Python scripting.

Macintosh-Only Editors

Name

Platform

Notes

AlphaTcl

MacOS

Python-mode extensible in Tcl

BBEdit

MacOS X 10.4 or later

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

Fraise

OS X (Cocoa)

Fork of Smultron. Actively-maintained. Apache license.

MacPython IDE

MacOS

Included in MacPython distribution.

mi

MacOS 68k MaOS 9 MacOS X

Does not initially include Python support but new language modes can be created. One available here Mi_Python

SubEthaEdit

MacOS X

Python syntax coloring. Allow multiple author to edit the same file collaborativelly over the network using "Bonjour" (previously Rendezvous).

TextWrangler

MacOS X 10.4 or later

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

Xcode

MacOS X

Free IDE and text editor. Includes Python syntax coloring.

TextMate

Mac OS X 10.3.9+

Great Cocoa editor with Python support including syntax coloring, integrated documentation, and a runtime wrapper with hyperlinked tracebacks

Smultron

Mac OS X 10.3 or later

Open-source (GPL) text editor, with Python syntax highlighting. No longer under development -- now, see *Fraise*.

ScrIDE

Mac OS X 10.3 or later

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

Glorified Editors

"IDEs" that don't integrate anything Python-specific go here.

Name

Platform

Notes

Anjuta

Unix + GNOME

Cross-language IDE; syntax coloring & folding for Python.

Code Crusader

Linux x86

Commercial IDE with support to 30 other languages.

CodeForge

Unix

Commercial cross-language IDE; nice multi-user project manager.

DrPython

Python + wxPython

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

Genie Jython

Java + Jython + Python

An OpenSource IDE for Python, Jython, and Java. Supports Syntax highlighting, Code Completion and many more. Developed in Java.

IDEStudio

Python + Tkinter + Tix

An extended version of IDLE using Tix.

IntelliJ IDEA

Java

Java IDE with Python support through Pythonid plugin - 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 IDE with an optional plugin for Jython.

PyPE

PythonWin

Windows

Available either as part of ActiveState's ActivePython distribution (which is not open source) or as part of the Win32All extensions from Mark's pages (which is open source).

rope

Unix/Windows/Mac

rope is a python IDE aimed at providing a rich set of software refactorings.

SourceNavigator

Unix/Windows with Tcl/Tk

Cross-language IDE & Source code analysis tool.

TruStudio

Eclipse

Python and PHP IDE; available in commercial Professional and open-source Foundation versions

VisualWx

Windows

GUI designer for wxPython.

WaveMaker

Linux/Windows/Mac

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

WxDesigner

Unix/Windows/Mac

Non-free Cross-language GUI dialog designer with integrated support for editing your Python callback functions.

WxGlade

Unix/Windows/Mac

A "designer" for WxPython (requires wxPython)

Ulipad

Unix/Windows/Mac

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

xrope

Python Tkinter

GUI, class browser, file manager, with code completion. Licensed under the GPL.

Enhanced Python shells

Name

Platform

Notes

PyCrust

Python + PyCrust

Interactive Python shell included in wxPython.

IPython

Unix, MacOS X, Windows

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

JyConsole

Java, at least 1.4

Interactive, embeddable Jython shell with code completion. Licensed under the QPL.

win32

Interactive python shell using wxPython. py script and exe for win. Data plotting capability from within the shell. Free.

khpython

KDE

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

PEEQ

Python 2.3 (or higher) and PyQt

An interactive Python shell using PyQt.

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