Mu Editor Alternatives

Mu Editor has been discontinued. Similar apps include IPython, which is free and open source. Other options are Thonny, Python Tutor, PyScripter and IDLE. You can choose from more than 10 IDEs like Mu Editor for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and self-hosting.

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  1. IPython icon
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    IPython offers a robust architecture for interactive computing, including dynamic shells, a kernel for Jupyter, interactive visualization, GUI toolkit support, and seamless project embeddings. Targeting high efficiency in parallel computing, it supports Python interactions tailored for Jupyter environments.

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    • Mac
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  2. Thonny icon
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    Python IDE for beginners. Its supports different ways of stepping through the code, step-by-step expression evaluation, detailed visualization of the call stack and a mode for explaining the concepts of references and...

    13 Thonny alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  3. Python Tutor icon
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    Python Tutor helps people overcome a fundamental barrier to learning programming: understanding what happens as the computer executes each line of a program's source code.

    6 Python Tutor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. PyScripter icon
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    PyScripter is a free and open-source Python Integrated Development Environment (IDE) created with the ambition to become competitive in functionality with commercial Windows-based IDEs available for other languages.

    44 PyScripter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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  5. IDLE icon
     40 likes

    Default IDE which come installed with the Python programming language. It aims to be simple and intuitive, and is especially useful for programmers just learning Python. The editor has syntax highlighting, search features, class browsers, and runs Python scripts in a separate...

    26 IDLE alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  6. QPython OL icon
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    QPython is a script engine that runs Python on android device and is same like Qpython 3L but contains Kivy,QSL4A etc.It contains the Python interpreter, console, editor, and the SL4A Library for Android.QPython OL also contain course to teach Python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  7. QPython 3L icon
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    QPython is the Python engine for android. It contains some amazing features such as Python interpreter, runtime environment, editor, QPYI and SL4A library. It makes it easy for you to use Python on Android. QPython 3L is also an open source app.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  8. Pyzo icon
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    Pyzo is a cross-platform Python IDE focused on interactivity and introspection, which makes it very suitable for scientific computing. Its practical design is aimed at simplicity and efficiency. It consists of two main components, the editor and the shell, and uses a set of...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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    • European Union flagEU
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  9. Wing Python IDE icon
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    Wing is a highly customizable Python IDE that uses both static and runtime code analysis to provide auto-completion, call tips, code documentation, goto-definition, find uses, refactoring, and many other features.

    35 Wing Python IDE alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  10. Eric icon
     14 likes

    Eric is a full-featured IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Python and Ruby, This is one of the best options for programming in Python.

    41 Eric alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  11. SPE IDE - Stani's Python Editor is a Free python IDE for Windows,Mac & Linux with UML,PyChecker,Debugger,GUI design,Blender & more

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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