PyCharm Alternatives

PyCharm is described as 'IDE for Python and Django offering refactoring, code analysis, VCS integration, debugger, deployment, and more, with a Community Edition option' and is a very popular IDE in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to PyCharm for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and BSD apps. The best PyCharm alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other great apps like PyCharm are VSCodium, Eclipse, Microsoft Visual Studio and Zed Editor.

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  1. KDevelop icon
     81 likes

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

    51 KDevelop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
     
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    KDevelop vs PyCharm Comments
    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.
    • KDevelop is Free and Open SourcePyCharm is Freemium and Open Source
  2. Qt Creator icon
     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

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Qt Creator vs PyCharm Comments
    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.
    • Qt Creator is Paid and Open SourcePyCharm is Freemium and Open Source
  3. Thonny icon
     16 likes

    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...

    12 Thonny alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  4. Squircle CE icon
     14 likes

    Squircle CE is a fast, lightweight code editor and file manager with support for over 30 programming languages, remote file access via SFTP/FTP(S) and Git VCS integration. Whether you're a student, hobbyist, or professional developer, Squircle CE lets you write, manage, and...

    73 Squircle CE alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  5. PyDev icon
     14 likes

    PyDev is a third-party plug-in for Eclipse. It is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) used for programming in Python supporting code refactoring, graphical debugging, code analysis and many other features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Eclipse
     
  6. Komodo IDE icon
     52 likes

    Code smarter and faster with Komodo IDE, the cross-platform professional development environment for dynamic languages and open technologies. Komodo's award-winning feature set includes standard editor functionality like code formatting, commenting, auto-indent and syntax...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Delphi icon
     61 likes

    Embarcadero Delphi, formerly CodeGear Delphi and Borland Delphi, is a software development environment for Microsoft Windows applications originally developed by Borland and now owned and developed by Embarcadero Technologies.

    41 Delphi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Wing Python IDE icon
     11 likes

    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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Wing Python IDE vs PyCharm Comments
    KhazAkar
    Positive
    0

    It's much more cleaner, simpler and less resource-intensive as PyCharm is. Feels like breeze to use it, plus it have integrated Vi/Vim mode ;)

    • Wing Python IDE is Paid and ProprietaryPyCharm is Freemium and Open Source
  9. Light Table icon
     61 likes

    Light Table is a new interactive IDE that lets you modify running programs and embed anything from websites to games. It provides the real time feedback we need to not only answer questions about our code, but to understand how our programs really work.

    89 Light Table alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
  10. PyScripter icon
     23 likes

    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.

    45 PyScripter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Pyzo icon
     14 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Pyzo vs PyCharm Comments
    bellwd
    Positive
    0

    Has the principal features that most programmers actually need yet is easy to learn. Lively performance, at least for small code samples in my experience.

    • Pyzo is Free and Open SourcePyCharm is Freemium and Open Source
  12. NINJA-IDE icon
     35 likes

    NINJA-IDE (from the recursive acronym: "Ninja-IDE Is Not Just Another IDE"), is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE). NINJA-IDE runs on Linux/X11, Mac OS X and Windows desktop operating systems, and allows developers to create applications for...

    57 NINJA-IDE alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    NINJA-IDE vs PyCharm Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Complete and intuitive python IDE. Light weight with many features. I have not found it lacking in any aspect.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • NINJA-IDE is Free and Open SourcePyCharm is Freemium and Open Source
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