Open Source PyCharm AlternativesTop IDEs & Code Editors like PyCharm

The best open source alternative to PyCharm is VSCodium. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to PyCharm and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to PyCharm are Eclipse, Zed Editor, Geany and Apache NetBeans.

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  1. VSCodium icon

    VSCodium

     400 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.

    196 VSCodium alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Electron
    • Snapcraft
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
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    Comments about VSCodium as an Alternative to PyCharm
    Guest
    Positive
    2

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think VSCodium is a great PyCharm alternative.

    • VSCodium is the most popular Open Source alternative to PyCharm.

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

    Eclipse

     1147 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...

    147 Eclipse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Comments about Eclipse as an Alternative to PyCharm
    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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Eclipse is a great PyCharm alternative.

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

    Zed Editor

     106 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.

    87 Zed Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  5. Geany icon

    Geany

     575 likes

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

    152 Geany alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flatpak
    • Haiku
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    Comments about Geany as an Alternative to PyCharm
    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!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Vivek Sharma
    Negative
    0

    Essentially a glorified text editor, extremely basic IDE

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    0

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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Geany is a great PyCharm alternative.

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

    Apache NetBeans

     742 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...

    97 Apache NetBeans alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

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

    Spyder

     71 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)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Python
    • Flatpak
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    Zasper

     11 likes

    A powerful IDE for data science, Zasper excels with massive concurrency support, enabling numerous simultaneous connections, minimal memory usage, and speedy performance. Suited for REPL-style data apps like Jupyter notebooks, fully supported on Mac with limited Linux support.

    76 Zasper alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Lapce

     26 likes

    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Athas icon

    Athas

     10 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.

    56 Athas alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Bluefish Editor icon

    Bluefish Editor

     161 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.

    213 Bluefish Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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  13. KDevelop icon

    KDevelop

     81 likes

    A cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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    Comments about KDevelop as an Alternative to PyCharm
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Have support for python language, built in syntax check, remote file edit trough fish protocol, more lightweight than PyCharm, pep8 style guide support, autocompletion, and much more...

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • KDevelop is Free and Open SourcePyCharm is Freemium and Open Source
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    Qt Creator

     112 likes

    Qt Creator is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) built for the maximum developer experience. Qt Creator runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS desktop operating systems and allows developers to create software across desktop, mobile, and embedded platforms.

    129 Qt Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Comments about Qt Creator as an Alternative to PyCharm
    Barrett
    Negative
    1

    It uhhhh doesn't use Python. Not too useful for Python developers for this reason

    Guest
    Negative
    7

    this has nothing to do with python... so i dont think it is comparable to pycharm which is a fully featured python IDE

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • This alternative is disputed. Qt Creator is a legitimate PyCharm alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Qt Creator is the most popular commercial alternative to PyCharm.

    • Qt Creator is Paid and Open SourcePyCharm is Freemium and Open Source
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