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The best free alternative to PyCharm is Visual Studio Code. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to PyCharm and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to PyCharm are VSCodium, Eclipse, Zed Editor and Microsoft Visual Studio.

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  1. Visual Studio Code icon

    Visual Studio Code

     1431 likes

    Free and extensible code editor with built-in Git support, smart IntelliSense, integrated debugger, 30,000+ extensions, works offline, supports markdown and syntax highlighting for numerous languages.

    236 Visual Studio Code alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Snapcraft
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    Visual Studio Code vs PyCharm Comments
    akselaeration
    Positive
    0

    Visual Studio Code covers everything I need, greatly, for free! What is the question again? ??

    Kom Rad
    Positive
    0

    open source and great tools for writing and debugging python

    • Visual Studio Code is Free and ProprietaryPyCharm is Freemium and Open Source
    • Visual Studio Code is CustomizablePyCharm is not according to our users
  2. VSCodium icon

    VSCodium

     441 likes

    This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code.

    221 VSCodium alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Electron
    • Snapcraft
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
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    VSCodium vs PyCharm Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    2

    VSCodo without Microsoft tracking and fully open-source — get the beginner-friendliness of VSCode without any tracking!

    • VSCodium is Free and Open SourcePyCharm is Freemium and Open Source
    • VSCodium is CustomizablePyCharm is not according to our users
  4. Eclipse icon

    Eclipse

     1155 likes

    Eclipse is an extensible development platform with runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software lifecycle. Many people know Eclipse as a Java IDE, but it is much more than that- Eclipse actually consists of over 60...

    150 Eclipse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Eclipse vs PyCharm Comments
    tuxrandom
    Negative
    0

    While extensible with a third-party plugin to use with Python, Eclipse's only ideal usecase is Java porgramming as opposed to PyCharm, which is mainly a Python IDE.

    • Eclipse is Free and Open SourcePyCharm is Freemium and Open Source
  5. Zed Editor icon

    Zed Editor

     143 likes

    Blazing fast code editor offering real-time multi-user collaboration, language-aware syntax highlighting, integrated terminal, multi-buffers for tab-free editing, built-in Vim mode, searchable outline, AI coding assistance, advanced keyboard commands, and cross-platform support.

    118 Zed Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7. Microsoft Visual Studio icon

    Microsoft Visual Studio

     938 likes

    Microsoft Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for building diverse digital solutions. It supports over 36 programming languages, includes a code editor with IntelliSense, a debugger, and designers for GUI, web, and databases. The Community edition is free and integrates with GitHub Copilot.

    112 Microsoft Visual Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • .NET Framework
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  8. Geany icon

    Geany

     581 likes

    Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow.

    170 Geany alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flatpak
    • Haiku
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    Geany vs PyCharm Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Geany is just so versatile, I use it for everything, as a text editor, IDE, not app etc. and it is SMALL I don't need to download a GIG for Pycharm!

    Vivek Sharma
    Negative
    0

    Essentially a glorified text editor, extremely basic IDE

    Guest
    Negative
    0

    No debugger and inspection of data structures. This is an essential feature for Python as it is a dynamically typed language.

    • Geany is Free and Open SourcePyCharm is Freemium and Open Source
    • Geany is Minimalistic and CustomizablePyCharm is not according to our users
  9. Apache NetBeans icon

    Apache NetBeans

     748 likes

    A free, open-source Integrated Development Environment for software developers. You get all the tools you need to create professional desktop, enterprise, web, and mobile applications with the Java language, C/C++, and even dynamic languages such as PHP, JavaScript, Groovy, and...

    99 Apache NetBeans alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Editor
     
  10. Spyder icon

    Spyder

     73 likes

    Combines advanced editing, analysis, debugging, and profiling functionalities with data exploration, execution, and visualization capabilities. Expandable using its powerful plugin system and API, providing flexibility for custom integrations.

    48 Spyder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Python
    • Flatpak
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  11. Athas icon

    Athas

     19 likes

    Lightweight, open-source code editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux featuring Vim keybindings, built-in Git support, agentic AI editing with multiple models, syntax highlighting, LSP for intelligent completion, fast performance, and efficient workflows.

    78 Athas alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Gram icon

    Gram

     8 likes

    Gram is a powerful and modern source code editor. It features solid performance and is highly configurable, yet comes with batteries included out of the box. Gram supports many popular programming languages and file formats, and can use Zed extensions to support additional...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Homebrew
    • Windows
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  13. Bluefish Editor icon

    Bluefish Editor

     163 likes

    Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages, and it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites.

    228 Bluefish Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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