What IDEs ("GUIs/editors") do others use for Python coding?
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Bracket Matching -. .- Line Numbering
Smart Indent -. | | .- UML Editing / Viewing
Source Control Integration -. | | | | .- Code Folding
Error Markup -. | | | | | | .- Code Templates
Integrated Python Debugging -. | | | | | | | | .- Unit Testing
Multi-Language Support -. | | | | | | | | | | .- GUI Designer (Qt, Eric, etc)
Auto Code Completion -. | | | | | | | | | | | | .- Integrated DB Support
Commercial/Free -. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | .- Refactoring
Cross Platform -. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Atom |Y |F |Y |Y*|Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y | | | | |*many plugins
Editra |Y |F |Y |Y | | |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y | | | | | |
Emacs |Y |F |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | | | |
Eric Ide |Y |F |Y | |Y |Y | |Y | |Y | |Y | |Y | | | |
Geany |Y |F |Y*|Y | | | |Y |Y |Y | |Y | | | | | |*very limited
Gedit |Y |F |Y¹|Y | | | |Y |Y |Y | | |Y²| | | | |¹with plugin; ²sort of
Idle |Y |F |Y | |Y | | |Y |Y | | | | | | | | |
IntelliJ |Y |CF|Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |
JEdit |Y |F | |Y | | | | |Y |Y | |Y | | | | | |
KDevelop |Y |F |Y*|Y | | |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y | | | | | |*no type inference
Komodo |Y |CF|Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y | |Y | |
NetBeans* |Y |F |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | | |Y |*pre-v7.0
Notepad++ |W |F |Y |Y | |Y*|Y*|Y*|Y |Y | |Y |Y*| | | | |*with plugin
Pfaide |W |C |Y |Y | | | |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y | | | | |
PIDA |LW|F |Y |Y | | | |Y |Y |Y | |Y | | | | | |VIM based
PTVS |W |F |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y | | |Y*| |Y |*WPF bsed
PyCharm |Y |CF|Y |Y*|Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |*JavaScript
PyDev (Eclipse) |Y |F |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | | | |
PyScripter |W |F |Y | |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y | | | |
PythonWin |W |F |Y | |Y | | |Y |Y | | |Y | | | | | |
SciTE |Y |F¹| |Y | |Y | |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y | | | | |¹Mac version is
ScriptDev |W |C |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y | | | | | commercial
Spyder |Y |F |Y | |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y | | | | | | | |
Sublime Text |Y |CF|Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y*| | | |extensible w/Python,
TextMate |M |F | |Y | | |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y | | | | | *PythonTestRunner
UliPad |Y |F |Y |Y |Y | | |Y |Y | | | |Y |Y | | | |
Vim |Y |F |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y | | | |
Visual Studio |W |CF|Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |? |Y |? |? |Y |? |Y |
Visual Studio Code|Y |F |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |? |Y |? |? |? |? |Y |uses plugins
WingIde |Y |C |Y |Y*|Y |Y |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y |Y | | | |*support for C
Zeus |W |C | | | | |Y |Y |Y |Y | |Y |Y | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
Cross Platform -' | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Commercial/Free -' | | | | | | | | | | | | | | '- Refactoring
Auto Code Completion -' | | | | | | | | | | | | '- Integrated DB Support
Multi-Language Support -' | | | | | | | | | | '- GUI Designer (Qt, Eric, etc)
Integrated Python Debugging -' | | | | | | | | '- Unit Testing
Error Markup -' | | | | | | '- Code Templates
Source Control Integration -' | | | | '- Code Folding
Smart Indent -' | | '- UML Editing / Viewing
Bracket Matching -' '- Line Numbering
Acronyms used:
L - Linux
W - Windows
M - Mac
C - Commercial
F - Free
CF - Commercial with Free limited edition
? - To be confirmed
I don't mention basics like syntax highlighting as I expect these by default.
This is a just dry list reflecting your feedback and comments, I am not advocating any of these tools. I will keep updating this list as you keep posting your answers.
PS. Can you help me to add features of the above editors to the list (like auto-complete, debugging, etc.)?
We have a comprehensive wiki page for this question https://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments